Roe May Be the First Domino to Fall in the Series of Fundamental Rights

by | Dec 2, 2021 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Legal History, LGBTQ Rights, Reproductive Rights, Sex Equality

Photo Credit: AP The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Dec. 1 in a case that legal observers predict will be the nail in Roe v. Wade’s gradually hollowed coffin. A majority of justices seemed poised to rule for the plaintiff-appellees in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s...

The COVID-19 Pandemic and the War on Women

by | May 1, 2020 | Amicus, Human Rights, Legislation, Reproductive Rights, Sex Equality

Photo by Luke Jones on Unsplash Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic just a few short months ago, the entire world has been in an uproar. Globally, the virus has killed over 200,000 people, and has infected over 2.8 million. The virus has had a staggering negative...

AS GOVERNORS EMPLOY THEIR AUTHORITY TO MEET COVID-19 CHALLENGES, GREG ABBOTT STANDS OUT FOR HIS POLITICAL OPPORTUNISM

by | Apr 23, 2020 | Amicus, Criminal Justice, Executive Branch, Legislation, Reproductive Rights

Photo credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune The spread of coronavirus and the COVID-19 pandemic that came with it has raised countless problems in the areas of education, public health, economic policy, elections, and more. An additional issue overlaying all of these...

Evangelize from the Pulpit, Not in the Operating Room

by | Oct 23, 2019 | Amicus, Freedom of Expression, Reproductive Rights, Uncategorized

Our shared Constitution ensures that we need not share a religion. However, in the name of religious liberty for health care providers, recent legal developments are chipping away at the rights of patients to seek medical procedures. Conscience-based objectors have...

Census 2020: Race, Self-Determination, & Voter Suppression

by | May 17, 2019 | Amicus, Congress, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Executive Branch, Immigration, Racial Justice, Reproductive Rights, Voting and Elections Rights

Photo credit: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters. In late April 2019, the Supreme Court heard oral argument for the Department of Commerce v. New York, 139 S.Ct. 1316 (2019), a case which asks whether the Secretary of Commerce’s decision to add a question to the Decennial...

Following in Alaska’s Footsteps – Why States Should Extend Medicaid to Cover Abortions

by branden | Mar 7, 2019 | Amicus, Racial Justice, Reproductive Rights, Sex Equality

Last month, the Alaska Supreme Court struck down a law that severely restricted state Medicaid funding for abortions. Under this law, only those abortions necessary to prevent a threat of serious risk to the woman’s life or physical health were covered by the state’s...