Roe May Be the First Domino to Fall in the Series of Fundamental Rights
Photo Credit: AP The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Dec. 1 in a case that legal observers predict will […]
Reproductive Rights
The COVID-19 Pandemic and the War on Women
Research is being conducted on the various ways that this COVID-19 pandemic is disproportionately impacting different pockets of society. What this research is showing is that the COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating many of the problems that women face in the United States and around the world today.
AS GOVERNORS EMPLOY THEIR AUTHORITY TO MEET COVID-19 CHALLENGES, GREG ABBOTT STANDS OUT FOR HIS POLITICAL OPPORTUNISM
Photo credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune The spread of coronavirus and the COVID-19 pandemic that came with it has raised
Evangelize from the Pulpit, Not in the Operating Room
The Trump Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized a rule in May 2019 that permits health care workers with “any articulable connection” to a procedure to opt-out. Most worryingly, it allows providers to refuse to refer patients out for procedures like abortion or gender affirmation surgery.
Census 2020: Race, Self-Determination, & Voter Suppression
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 Census about responders’ citizenship status violated the Enumeration Clause of the U.S. Constitution, art.I, §2, cl.3? [1] The last time the census inquired about citizenship was in 1950. The question asks “Is this person a citizen of the United States?” If you answer “yes,” the question then asks for more details about where you were born and whether your parents were born in the United States.
Following in Alaska’s Footsteps – Why States Should Extend Medicaid to Cover Abortions
Last month, the Alaska Supreme Court struck down a law that severely restricted state Medicaid funding for abortions. Under this
Barbaric Beyond Bans: How the First Step Act’s Shackling Provision Fails to Protect Women
Despite being hailed as a win for incarcerated women, the federal shackling ban has key weaknesses that threaten to undermine its mission.
Who Do Texas Teens Turn to When They Need an Abortion?
In October 2017, a 17-year-old girl incarcerated in an immigrant detention facility in Texas made headlines for clashing with the
It’s Abortion Providers, Not CPCs, Whose Free Speech Rights Are Being Violated
The Supreme Court is about to hear an anti-choice challenge to a California law regulating sham “crisis pregnancy centers,” clinics
A New Battle in the War Over Reproductive Rights
Given that a conservative majority may soon reemerge on the Supreme Court, conservative legislators may feel emboldened to pass new
Moving Forward: One Year Later
This week marks one year since Donald Trump won the presidential election. The next day, I wrote a reflection piece