Special Prosecution of Women Who Use Drugs During Pregnancy Or … Happy One...
Gavin Barney, LSRJ Summer Intern (’16, University of California, Berkeley School of Law) The start of August marked a somewhat ignominious one month anniversary this year: a short thirty-one days...
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New Study Debunks Six of the Worst “Myths” About Sex-Selective Abortion
Gavin Barney, LSRJ Summer Intern (’16, University of California, Berkeley School of Law) The documentary It’s a Girl was released in 2012 to immediate acclaim in traditionally progressive and...
View ArticlePregnant in a War Zone
Sasha Young, LSRJ Summer Intern (’16, Northwestern School of Law) A couple of years ago a dear friend of mine had her dream wedding “back home” in Palestine. She’s now battling the Atlanta heat through...
View ArticleAnti-shackling Laws and Fetal Rights – Finding the Common Ground
Deodonne Bhattarai, Resident Blogger (’12, Northeastern University School of Law) The “Birthing Justice” panel at the recent Civil Liberties and Public Policy Conference at Hampshire College celebrated...
View ArticleReflections on Women’s History Month
Deodonne Bhattarai, Resident Blogger (’12, Northeastern University School of Law) Hannah Dustin is my great aunt thirteen generations removed. As a direct descendant, Hannah’s story was as common to...
View ArticleI’m a fan of birth control and religious freedom
Melissa Torres-Montoya, Resident Blogger (’11, University of California, Berkeley School of Law) Admittedly, I’m a huge fan of March Madness. I jumped on board with the madness; making the effort to...
View ArticleGetty Images & The Lean In Collection – There’s Room to Lean Further
Deodonne Bhattarai, Resident Blogger (’12, Northeastern University School of Law) Last month Getty Images, in collaboration with Facebook CEO Sheryl Sandberg’s LeanIn.org nonprofit foundation, launched...
View ArticleWould I trust my partner with birth control?
Melissa Torres-Montoya, Resident Blogger (’11, University of California, Berkeley School of Law) Would I trust my partner with birth control? Thinking of past partners the answer would have to be;...
View ArticleIf I Were Ruth Bader Ginsburg…
Amanda Shapiro, Resident Blogger (’15, Brooklyn Law School) Last week, I watched in horror as the Fifth Circuit approved a Texas law that will prevent one third of abortion providers from performing...
View ArticleCountry Girl Meets Urban Midwifery
Deodonne Bhattarai, Resident Blogger (’12, Northeastern University School of Law) I, like my three siblings before me, was born at home. My mother tells the story each year on my birthday of her...
View ArticleA Piece of Good News
Candace Gibson, Resident Blogger (’12, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law) As a reproductive justice advocate, there are many days when there is no good news. In the midst of a government...
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S J Chapman, Resident Blogger, (’12, Northwestern University Law School) Karla and Jacob dated 5 months before she was diagnosed with lymphoma. Since cancer treatment would render Karla infertile,...
View ArticleSolving California’s Abortion Access Problem
Ruth Dawson, Resident Blogger (’12, Emory University School of Law) Before I went to law school, I worked at a reproductive health clinic in the Bay Area. I quickly realized that it would be a much...
View ArticleAbortionomics: Sex-selection
S J Chapman, Resident Blogger, (’12, Northwestern University Law School) Worried that the job market for lawyers is decreasing? Well thank the pro-life movement for keeping us in business. North...
View ArticleWhose Kid is it Anyway? Or: Should Sperm Donors have Parental Rights?
Courtney Fraser, LSRJ Summer Intern (’15, University of California, Berkeley Law School) California is considering redefining sperm donors’ legal rights in the wake of Jason Patric’s custody battle...
View ArticleCoerced Sterilization – Asserting Power over Female Bodies
Mangala Kanayson, LSRJ Summer Intern (’15, Emory University School of Law) Forced sterilization has a sordid history in California. Before a state ban was enacted in 1979, single characteristics (such...
View ArticleMaking the world safe for mothers (or at least America)
Courtney Fraser, LSRJ Summer Intern (’15, University of California, Berkeley Law School) Since time immemorial, I think it can be uncontroversially posed, there has been tremendous cultural pressure on...
View ArticleSharing Experiences with Abortion: Helpful, Harmful, or Neither?
Kaitlin Morrison, LSRJ Summer Intern (’15, Columbia Law School) It has been a big week for reproductive rights in Texas, and across the country. Perhaps spurred by these events, the New York Times is...
View ArticleVlogging for Reproductive Justice
Mangala Kanayson, LSRJ Summer Intern (’15, Emory University School of Law) On June 14th, fellow summer intern Kaitlin Morrison and I attended the ACCESS Women’s Health Justice fundraiser to support...
View ArticleStand Up California!
Erin Panichkul, LSRJ Summer Intern (’15, Thomas Jefferson School of Law) Isn’t California known for its progressive ideologies? Don’t we pride ourselves by leading other states in protecting the...
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