Substantial Obstacles after June Medical Services: ACOG v. FDA
Even if FDA restrictions are untethered to medication abortion’s safety, they may not necessarily produce the type of obstacle at issue in June Medical.
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Read more: Upholding Precedent While Rewriting It in June Medical Services v. Russo Upholding Precedent While Rewriting It in June Medical Services v. Russo
In June Medical Services v. Russo, Chief Justice John Roberts felt curiously free to rewrite the very same precedents he claimed to respect.
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Read more: Reflections on the Transnational Significance of June Medical Reflections on the Transnational Significance of June Medical
U.S. abortion law is shaped by the idiosyncrasies of at least three power struggles playing out in particular ways in the American politico-legal landscape.
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Read more: Preventing Access to Abortion is Prima Facie an “Undue Burden” Preventing Access to Abortion is Prima Facie an “Undue Burden”
There is no other discipline in medicine in which our elected officials insert themselves to such a degree into our counseling and care of patients.
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Read more: The Narrow Victory of June Medical Might Pave the Way for Future Abortion Restrictions The Narrow Victory of June Medical Might Pave the Way for Future Abortion Restrictions
Going forward, Chief Justice Roberts’ concurring opinion could pave the way for federal courts to bless a host of abortion restrictions.
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Read more: Questioning the Comparative Relevance of US Abortion Jurisprudence Questioning the Comparative Relevance of US Abortion Jurisprudence
The June Medical and Alliance for Open Society decisions call into question the contemporary comparative relevance of U.S. abortion jurisprudence.
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Read more: A Radical Reorientation for U.S. Abortion Rights A Radical Reorientation for U.S. Abortion Rights
Movements are radically revisioning abortion rights. Rather than write in the steady hand of legal discourse, they act with compassion, solidarity, love.
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Read more: June Medical v. Russo Reflects Ongoing Struggle with Black Women’s Constitutional Equality June Medical v. Russo Reflects Ongoing Struggle with Black Women’s Constitutional Equality
Just beneath the surface, the law at issue represented a continuation of Louisiana’s historic resistance to sex and race equality.
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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: 10 Observations About the Supreme Court Argument in Whole Woman’s Health 10 Observations About the Supreme Court Argument in Whole Woman’s Health
By Gregory M. Lipper On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, a constitutional challenge to a pair of Texas restrictions on abortion providers. The first provision requires doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges from a hospital no more than 30 miles from their clinic; for a…