The Public Conscious Needs a New Guide
Catrina Otonoga, LSRJ Summer Legal Intern Sometimes, the internet is a glorious thing. Information! Reconnecting with old friends! Shopping! Finding delicious recipes I’ll never make! And sometimes,...
View ArticleThe Land of the Brave, and the Home of the Childfree
Rosie Wang (’14, Columbia Law School) My parents have been joking for 15 years that when I have children, they’ll move close by so they can help babysit them and tutor them in math. This scenario has...
View ArticleAn (im)balancing act
Rosie Wang, Resident Blogger (’14, Columbia Law School) As the year comes to a close, and law school finals draw close, my already questionable domestic skills really go by the wayside. I have no real...
View ArticleThe Whole Picture: The 50′s weren’t “romantic” for everyone
Elisabeth Smith, Resident Blogger (’14, University of Washington School of Law) Over Christmas my cousins and I were watching television and we just kept flipping channels until we got to TLC and saw...
View ArticleAbortion isn’t my story. But it’s an important part of it.
Ash Moore, Resident Blogger (’14, University of Oklahoma College of Law) It is the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. I’m in law school so you may think you’re about to be bombarded with legalese and a...
View ArticleThe Family and Medical Leave Act Advances Reproductive Justice
This article was published by The Center for American Progress. Elizabeth Chen is a Policy Analyst for the Women’s Health and Rights Program at the Center for American Progress and a Law Students for...
View ArticleAnything but Delicate: Alabama’s Solution to Substance Abuse During Pregnancy
Josie Sustaire, Resident Blogger (’14, University of Oregon School of Law) Suppose a woman chooses to have a child. Suppose that she elects also to raise the child after it’s born. You may be...
View ArticleDjango Rechained
Rosie Wang, Resident Blogger (’14, Columbia Law School) Going into the midnight premiere of Django Unchained, the only real context I had was that (1) It was a Quentin Tarantino movie and (2) in Spike...
View ArticleDangerous Data
Rosie Wang, Resident Blogger (’14, Columbia Law School) The Utah Senate has passed SB60, a bill that would force health care providers to collect information from women seeking abortions on their...
View ArticleFinding Balance as a Mom and a Professional. It’s Personal!
Josie Sustaire, Resident Blogger (’14, University of Oregon School of Law) I was raised by my stay-at-home mom. She told me on numerous occasions that I could be whatever I wanted to be when I grew...
View ArticleDe Jure Fatherhood Du Jour: Why I Don’t Care About “Fairness”
Kaitlin Morrison, LSRJ Summer Intern (’15, Columbia Law School) Papa’s Day is nigh, and on theme I’d like to discuss a recent Op Ed from the New York Times, “Is Forced Fatherhood Fair?” The article...
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...
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 ArticleLimbryo
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,...
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