Book Review: Mary Ziegler’s ‘Abortion and the Law in America’
If you want to understand our politics of abortion, you must read Mary Ziegler’s recent book, “Abortion and the Law in America: Roe v. Wade to the Present.”
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Read more: The Harms of Abortion Restrictions During the COVID-19 Pandemic The Harms of Abortion Restrictions During the COVID-19 Pandemic
These policies restricting abortion are unlikely to conserve PPE, and more importantly, they mischaracterize the nature and importance of abortions.
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Read more: Access as Equity: Efforts to Use Telemedicine to Expand Abortion Access Access as Equity: Efforts to Use Telemedicine to Expand Abortion Access
By Oliver Kim I’ve written here before about areas where technology could play a role in providing access to complicated, controversial healthcare services. Earlier this year, I presented a forthcoming paper co-authored with a colleague on how technology can be used to provide greater equity in women’s health and how the law is being used…
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Read more: Louisiana TRAP Law Challenge Could Leave Thousands of Women without Abortion Access Louisiana TRAP Law Challenge Could Leave Thousands of Women without Abortion Access
By Adrienne Ghorashi UPDATE: Late Thursday, February 7, the Supreme Court granted Plaintiff’s stay application, meaning Louisiana’s TRAP law may not be enforced while the challengers file an appeal. The Supreme Court will then decide whether to hear the case or deny the petition, letting the Fifth Circuit’s ruling stand. Justice Roberts sided with the…
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Read more: New Study Finds That TRAP (Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers) Laws Are More Pervasive and Stringent Than Laws Regulating Other Office Interventions – Datasets and Mapping Tool Now Available on LawAtlas New Study Finds That TRAP (Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers) Laws Are More Pervasive and Stringent Than Laws Regulating Other Office Interventions – Datasets and Mapping Tool Now Available on LawAtlas
Researchers from The University of California, San Francisco’s Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) and Temple University’s Policy Surveillance Program of the Center for Public Health Law Research (CPHLR) published a study yesterday in the American Journal of Public Health, comparing laws governing facilities that provide abortions with laws governing facilities that provide other…
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Read more: “That I Don’t Know”: The Uncertain Futures of Our Bodies in America “That I Don’t Know”: The Uncertain Futures of Our Bodies in America
By Wendy S. Salkin I. Our Bodies, Our Body Politic On March 30, at a town hall meeting in Green Bay, Wisconsin, an audience member asked then-presidential-hopeful Donald J. Trump: “[W]hat is your stance on women’s rights and their right to choose in their own reproductive health?” What followed was a lengthy back-and-forth with Chris Matthews….
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Read more: The South Dakota Effect: A Potential Blow to Abortion Rights The South Dakota Effect: A Potential Blow to Abortion Rights
By Alex Stein Many of us are familiar with the “California Effect.” California’s hydrocarbon and nitrogen oxide emission standards for cars are more stringent than the federal EPA standards and more costly to comply with. Yet, California’s emission standards have become the national standard since automobile manufacturers have found it too expensive to produce cars with…