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Kara Swanson on the "End of Men"

Posted on May 14, 2013
Kara Swanson (Northeastern Univ. School of Law) has posted The End of Men, Again on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The current attention to the ?end of men? is occurring as men?s role as biological fathers is becoming radically deemphasized...

Martha Fineman on Masculinities Scholarship and Feminist Legal Theory

Posted on May 14, 2013
Martha Fineman (Emory Univ. School of Law) has posted Feminism, Masculinities, and Multiple Identities on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Masculinities scholarship could be seen as distinct from and complementary to feminist theory ? an independent and parallel companion theory,...

Catholic/Secular Hospital Mergers Threaten Access to Reproductive Health Care

Posted on May 14, 2013
The New York Times: Hospital Mergers Reset Abortion-Access Battle, by Kirk Johnson: Politicians seeking to restrict access to abortion, a marked trend this year from North Dakota to Arkansas, tend not to get much traction in this part of the...

Abortion Protest Case Pits Free Speech Rights Against Protection of Children

Posted on May 14, 2013
The New York Times: In Abortion Protests, Which to Protect, Children or Speech?, by Adam Liptak: Kenneth T. Scott opposes abortion, and he says so in public. Sometimes he holds up large pictures of aborted fetuses. Sometimes he makes his...

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Boston Cardinal Refuses to Attend Boston College Graduation in Protest Over Honorary Degree for Ireland Prime Minister

Posted on May 13, 2013
Prime Minister Kenny is supporting a life exception to Ireland's complete ban on abortions after a woman died when she was denied a life-saving abortion. But that's apparently going too far for Cardinal O'Malley. The Washington Post - On Faith...

Vicki Saporta on Abortion Stigma and Gosnell

Posted on May 13, 2013
USA Today op-ed: Abortion stigma created Gosnell, by Vicki Saporta (National Abortion Federation): Regardless of a woman's income or where she lives, she deserves access to quality care. The National Abortion Federation (NAF), along with the rest of the pro-choice...

Gosnell Found Guilty of Three Counts of Murder

Posted on May 13, 2013
The New York Times: Philadelphia Abortion Doctor Guilty of Murder in Late-Term Procedures, by Jon Hurdle & Trip Gabriel: A doctor who was responsible for cutting the spines of babies after botched abortions was convicted Monday of three counts of...

Federal Judge Rejects as "Frivolous" Government's Request to Delay Order on "Morning After Pill"

Posted on May 10, 2013
Bloomberg: 'Morning-After' Pill Judge Won't Delay Ruling for Appeal, by Christie Smythe: A federal judge rejected as ?frivolous? a government request to delay the effect of his order giving girls of all ages access to the so-called morning after-pill...

Caroline Corbin on Compelled Disclosures

Posted on May 10, 2013
Caroline Mala Corbin (Univ. of Miami Law School) has posted Compelled Disclosures on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Courts have faced a wave of compelled disclosure cases recently. By government mandate, tobacco manufacturers must include graphic warnings on their cigarette...

Proving Fetal Homicide in Cleveland Kidnapping Case Could Be Difficult

Posted on May 09, 2013
TIME: The Challenge of Proving Fetal Homicide in the Cleveland Kidnapping Case, by Kate Pickert: If the man accused of imprisoning three women for a decade inside his Cleveland home is convicted of the charges filed against him, it seems...

Akiba Solomon on Evangelical "Crisis Pregnancy Centers" Targeting Black Women

Posted on May 09, 2013
Colorlines: The Missionary Movement to 'Save' Black Babies, by Akiba Solomon: Last December, Care Net?the nation?s largest network of evangelical Christian crisis pregnancy centers?featured a birth announcement of sorts on the website of its 10-year-old Urban Initiative...

Federal Judge Admonishes Obama Administration for Its Insistence on Limiting Access to Emergency Contraceptive Pill

Posted on May 09, 2013
The New York Times - The Caucus blog: Judge Criticizes Obama Administration as It Appeals Contraception Decision, by Michael D. Shear: A federal judge on Tuesday angrily accused the Obama administration of hurting poor and minority women by seeking to...

Call for Papers: Lavender Law 2013 Junior Scholars Forum

Posted on May 06, 2013
Lavender Law 2013, San Francisco, CA - August 22-24 - Invitation and Call for Papers: Junior Scholars Forum Dear Friends and Colleagues, This year the Lavender Law� Conference & Career Fair will be held August 22-24, 2013 at the Marriott...

Large Majority of Women Favor Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill

Posted on May 06, 2013
Reuters (Health): Most women back over-the-counter birth control pill, by Genevra Pittman: Close to two-thirds of women favor making contraceptive pills available over the counter, according to a new nationally-representative survey. In addition, about 30 percent of women using either...

El Salvadoran Woman Petitions for Right to Life-Saving Abortion

Posted on May 06, 2013
Feministing: We already lost Savita in Ireland. Don't let Beatriz die in El Salvador., by Juliana Britto Schwartz: You all remember Savita Halappanavar, right? Well, the world is looking at another Savita right now, and the only thing standing between...

U.S. Will Appeal Federal Court Ruling Invalidating Age Limits on Emergency Contraceptive Pill

Posted on May 02, 2013
The New York Times: U.S. to Defend Age Limits on Morning-After Pill Sales, by Pam Belluck & Michael D. Shear: The Justice Department said on Wednesday that it would appeal a federal judge?s order to make the most common morning-after...

Anti-Choice Group Releases New Sting Videos of Abortion Clinics

Posted on May 01, 2013
Slate - Weigel blog: New Pro-Life Sting Videos of Abortion Clinics, by David Weigel: Live Action and Lila Rose pioneered the modern conservative sting video. Like Ryan Grim reported in 2011, the emotional punch of Live Action stings, in which...

Irish Government Proposes Measure to Allow Life-Saving Abortions

Posted on May 01, 2013
Scary to think this is "controversial".... The New York Times: Irish Proposal Would Allow Abortions in Emergencies, by Douglas Dalby: The Irish government proposed legislation late Tuesday night that, if approved as expected, would allow abortions in cases where a...

Racial Arguments for Florida Abortion Restriction Provoke Walk-Out

Posted on May 01, 2013
The Grio: Black female lawmakers walk out of Florida House over racial arguments made for abortion bill, by Alexis Garrett Stodghill: A group of black female lawmakers walked out of a fiery debate in the Florida House on Thursday over...

FDA Announces It Will Make Plan B Available OTC to Women 15 and Older

Posted on May 01, 2013
The Hill - Healthwatch Blog: FDA approves 'morning-after pill' for women 15 and up, by Sam Baker: The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that the contraceptive known as Plan B should be available without a prescription for all women...

Proposed Rules Would Drop Contraception Training Rule for Family Practice Doctors

Posted on April 25, 2013
NPR: Family Doctors Consider Dropping Birth Control Training Rule, by Julie Rovner: One of the more popular provisions of the federal health law requires that women be given much freer access to prescription methods of birth control. That includes not...

Senate Bill Would Cover Some Abortions for Peace Corps Volunteers

Posted on April 25, 2013
The Washington Post: Women?s health groups want Peace Corps volunteers to have insurance coverage for abortions, by Lisa Rein: If a Peace Corps volunteer is raped and becomes pregnant as a result, she has to pay for an abortion herself,...

Kansas Governor Scrawls "JESUS + Mary" On Sweeping Anti-Choice Bill As He Signs It Into Law

Posted on April 24, 2013
Feministing: Kansas Gov signs massive anti-choice law, writes "JESUS + Mary" in notes, by Maya Dusenbery: Last Friday, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback signed a sweeping anti-choice [bill] into law. Among other things, the bill requires doctors to lie and tell...

The Legacy of the Gosnell Case: Unnecessary, Burdensome Regulation of Abortion Providers

Posted on April 24, 2013
RH Reality Check: While We're Debating the Gosnell Case, Anti-Choicers Are Getting to Work, by Gwen Emmons: . . . Major news outlets have only recently begun to cover Kermit Gosnell?s murder trial, but coverage has focused on the sordid...

Judge Announces He Will Permanently Enjoin North Dakota Medication Abortion Ban

Posted on April 24, 2013
RH Reality Check: Judge To Permanently Block North Dakota Abortion Ban, by Jessica Mason Pielko: Women in North Dakota got good news Thursday when District Court Judge Wickham Corwin announced at the conclusion of a three-day trial over the constitutionality...

Gosnell Case Highlights Differing Views Over the Effects of TRAP Laws

Posted on April 24, 2013
NPR: Philadelphia Case Exposes Deep Rift In Abortion Debate, by Julie Rovner: This is the sixth week of the trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell, the physician charged with five counts of murder in the deaths of a woman and infants...

Kansas Governor Signs Omnibus Abortion Legislation

Posted on April 22, 2013
ACLU press release: Kansas Governor Signs Law As Part of Political Push to Eliminate Access to Abortion: TOPEKA, Kan. ? Gov. Sam Brownback of Kansas signed an anti-abortion omnibus bill today that imposes a series of medically unnecessary measures designed...

Should All Birth Control Pills - Not Just Emergency Contraception - Be Available Without a Prescription?

Posted on April 22, 2013
The New York Times: Is It Time for Off-the-Shelf Birth-Control Pills?, by Elizabeth Rosenthal: WHEN a federal judge recently ordered the Food and Drug Administration to make the morning-after pill available to women of all ages without a prescription, the...

Khiara M. Bridges on Pregnancy as Injury

Posted on April 17, 2013
Khiara M. Bridges (Boston University School of Law) has posted When Pregnancy Is an Injury: Rape, Law, and Culture on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Article examines criminal statutes that grade more severely sexual assaults that result in pregnancy...

North Dakota Governor Signs 20-Week Abortion Ban

Posted on April 17, 2013
ACLU press release: North Dakota Governor Signs Another Law Restricting Access to Abortion: BISMARCK, N.D. ? The governor of North Dakota yesterday signed a bill that would ban abortions beginning at 20 weeks of pregnancy. This follows on the heels...

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