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Grief for the Children One Couldn’t or Didn’t Have
Writer Charlotte Bacon describes her pilgrimage to a Bhutanese temple: [T]his was the place to release the grief that had come with the obstetric misery that dogged my late 30s. We had our son with ease when I was almost … Continue reading
Egg Donor Motivation: Sacrificing Truth for Profit?
Over at Jezebel, Jenna Marotta asks (here), “Do Egg Donors Lie?” Ms. Marotta was rejected as an egg donor about her experience because she admitted to having a family history of depression. She wonders whether other women lie about mental … Continue reading
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Women, the Super Committee, and Medicaid
Medicaid is a feminist issue, and the realistic prospect of severe medicaid funding cuts are a danger to women and girls. That’s the message of an excellent blog post full of useful facts and figures by Davida Silverman, a staff … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism and Families, Feminism and Medicine, Reproductive Rights
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Assisted Reproduction and Cross Border Travel
Richard F. Storrow, City University of New York School of Law, has published Assisted Reproduction on Treacherous Terrain: The Legal Hazards of Cross-Border Reproductive Travel at 23 Reproductive Biomedicine Online 538-545 (2011). The growing phenomenon of cross-border reproductive travel has four significant … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism and Medicine, Feminism and Science, LGBT Rights, Reproductive Rights
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Post-Grad Opportunity: Center for Reproductive Rights–Columbia Law School Fellowship
From colleagues at Columbia: The Center for Reproductive Rights – Columbia Law School Fellowship (“CRR-CLS Fellowship”) is a two-year, post-graduate fellowship offered by the Center for Reproductive Rights (“the Center”) and Columbia Law School (“the Law School”). The Fellowship is … Continue reading
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Review of Rene Almeling, “Sex Cells: The Medical Market for Eggs and Sperm”
Rene Almeling’s new book, Sex Cells: The Medical Market for Eggs and Sperm, explores the inner workings of the world of donor gametes, and then sets these observations in the larger contexts of gender and commodification. Almeling, a sociologist at Yale, collected data … Continue reading
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Federal Judge Sam Sparks and the 2011 Texas Abortion Act
Judge Sam Sparks did not have very kind words for the attorneys on either side of the challenge to the 2011 abortion Act in his opinion in Texas Medical Providers Performing Abortion Services v. Lakey. He was also not impressed … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism and Law, If you're a woman, Reproductive Rights, Women's Health
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Facebook Posting as Indication of Legislative Intent? Robson on Injunction in Planned Parenthood v. Brownback
Ruthann Robson blogs over (here) at Constitutional Law Profs about the decision in Planned Parenthood of Kansas v. Brownback. Here is an excerpt from Professor Robson’s post: In a Memorandum and Order today, Judge J. Thomas Marten of the United States District of … Continue reading
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Safe, Reversible, Non-Surgical Male Contraception Coming to a Guy Near You
The New York Times reports today on “Scientific Advances on Contraceptive for Men.” Here is an excerpt: The most studied approach in the United States uses testosterone and progestin hormones, which send the body signals to stop producing sperm. While effective and safe … Continue reading
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A Right to be a Parent? IVF in Israel
Today’s New York Times has this interesting story on reproductive medicine in Israel. In “Where Families Are Prized, Help Is Free,” Dina Kraft reports: Jewish and Arab, straight and gay, secular and religious, the patients who come to Assuta Hospital … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism and Families, Feminism and Medicine, Reproductive Rights, Sisters In Other Nations
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Center for Reproductive Rights-Columbia Law School Fellowship
From our friends at the Center for Reproductive Rights, this request for applications for the two-year fellowship offered by the Center and Columbia Law School: The Center for Reproductive Rights – Columbia Law School Fellowship (“CRR-CLS Fellowship”) is a two-year, … Continue reading
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Robson on “Lesbians and Abortions”
Now available on SSRN is Ruthann Robson’s article, “Lesbians and Abortions,” 35 N.Y.U. Rev. Law & Soc. Change 247 (2011). Here is a portion of the abstract: While there are doctrinal and theoretical connections, the arguments for women’s freedom to be … Continue reading
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DOL Adds Gender Identity and Pregnancy to Nondiscrimination Policy
Here is the press release: US Department of Labor announces renewed commitment to fair treatment and equal opportunity for all of its employees New policy statements prohibit discrimination based on gender identity and pregnancy WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism and the Workplace, LGBT Rights, Reproductive Rights
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Tax Credits for Abortion
Could the federal government offer tax credits for abortion? That’s what one commenter asks over here at Metafilter, about the implications of the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn (copy of … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism and Politics, Reproductive Rights, Women's Health
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Reproductive Health Providers as Human Rights Workers
Over at TrustLaw.org, Cynthia Soohoo, Director of the U.S. Legal Program at the Center for Reproductive Rights, has posted an op-ed entitled, “The Word on Women – And now some good news for women’s abortion rights…” Here is an excerpt: We all…know…that … Continue reading
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Jailed in Mexico for Having an Abortion
According to this article at El Diario NTR, 23 women are in jail in Mexico for “aggravated homicide by reason of kinship.” Their crime? Having an abortion. At least one of the jailed women suffered a spontaneous abortion and was … Continue reading
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Chandra on “Surrogacy and India”
Mr. Smith Chandra, a student at the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research University in Hyerabad, India has posted to SSRN his working paper Surrogacy and India. Here is the abstract: The Law Commission of India has submitted the … Continue reading
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NYT Editorial: “The War on Women”
From today’s New York Times, this editorial, entitled The War on Women: Republicans in the House of Representatives are mounting an assault on women’s health and freedom that would deny millions of women access to affordable contraception and life-saving cancer … Continue reading
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Googlebombing Links “Murder” and Wikipedia Entry For Abortion
Via Reddit.
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Lawmaker in State of Georgia Wants to Make Miscarriage a Crime
A bill introduced last month by a Georgia State Representative would make miscarriage a crime, unless the woman could prove that there was “no human involvement” in the miscarriage. The bill doesn’t define “human involvement.” Here’s what WebMD has to … Continue reading
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Higdon on “Fatherhood by Conscription: Nonconsensual Insemination and the Duty of Child Support”
Michael J. Higdon (Tennessee) has posted to SSRN his working paper Fatherhood by Conscription: Nonconsensual Insemination and the Duty of Child Support. Here is the abstract: Nathaniel was a California teenager who became a father in 1995. The mother of … Continue reading
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Should Courts Award Child-Rearing Damages for “Wrongful Birth” in Cases of the Rape of a Minor?
The issue of whether there should be a right to abortion in cases of rape has arisen again in response to comments by teen sensation Justin Bieber. The 16 year-old pop star was asked about abortion in rape cases, and … Continue reading
Taxing Abortion
From NPR (here): House Republicans formally launch their latest effort to roll back abortion rights this week, and they’re aiming squarely for the tax code. On the docket already are two bills: One would make permanent the decades-old “Hyde amendment,” … Continue reading
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“Coercive Birth Control in Occupied Tibet”
That’s the title of the report (PDF here) issued by the non-profit (admittedly viewpoint-specific) group Tibet-Truth. Here is an excerpt: Unless a card-carrying member of China’s Communist Party, there is no doubt that a spiral of birth-control enforcement is imposed upon … Continue reading
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MTV Airing Abortion Special Tonight
I’ve lamented here in the past pop culture’s lack of attention to the issue of abortion. And MTV has been a big culprit, with not one but two shows about teen pregnancy/moms. But tonight, MTV will do a bit to … Continue reading
Posted in Reproductive Rights, Sexism in the Media
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Jessie Hill on Dangerous Terrain: Mapping the Female Body in Gonzales v. Carhart
Jessie Hill has posted on SSRN a short and fascinating analysis of the graphic language used in Gonzales v. Carhart (2007), the “partial-birth abortion” case. Here is part of the abstract: This brief Article focuses on the rhetoric of the … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Courts and the Judiciary, Feminism and Law, Reproductive Rights, Women's Health
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Jail for Getting Pregnant + Dying in Police Custody = Major Human Rights Violation
Amy Gillespie stole shampoo and steak from a grocery store. She subsequently was arrested for prostitution. She was placed on probation but then jailed for getting pregnant, a violation of the terms of the probation. One guard allegedly told Ms. … Continue reading
Posted in Prisons and Prisoners, Reproductive Rights
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Guest Blogger Liz Kukura – LSRJ Study Highlights Dearth of Reproductive Rights Law & Justice Courses
Law Students for Reproductive Justice (LSRJ) recently completed its first comprehensive survey of reproductive rights and justice course offerings at all ABA-approved law schools in the U.S. for the last seven years. While perhaps not surprising to many within the … Continue reading
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Joslin on “Protecting Children(?): Marriage, Gender, and Assisted Reproductive Technology”
Courtney Joslin (UC Davis) has posted to SSRN her new piece, Protecting Children(?): Marriage, Gender, and Assisted Reproductive Technology, 83 S. Cal. L. Rev. 1177 (2010). Here is the abstract: The Supreme Court has declared that children should not be penalized based … Continue reading
Public Forum Series in London on Gender and Scientific Advances
The University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies is holding a three public fora in London on November 2, 2010. The theme is gender and bio-medical advances of the 21st Century. Here’s the info: November 2, 2010: “Making Babies in the … Continue reading
The Center for Reproductive Rights – Columbia Law School Fellowship – Deadline November 1, 2010
From Diana Hortsch, Director of the Law School Initiative at the Center for Reproductive Rights, this notice of a fellowship at Columbia Law School: The Center for Reproductive Rights – Columbia Law School Fellowship (“CRR-CLS Fellowship”) is a two-year, post-graduate fellowship offered … Continue reading
Posted in From the FLP mailbox, Law Teaching, Reproductive Rights
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Reproductive Technology as Self-Induced Amnesia
I am skeptical amount government regulation of reproductive technology. Science and medicine have allowed many people to become parents who otherwise couldn’t. For those who want to have children but cannot, the anguish of childlessness can be gut-wrenching. I get … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism and Medicine, Reproductive Rights
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Cohen and Chen on “Trading-Off Reproductive Technology and Adoption”
I. Glenn Cohen (Harvard) and Daniel L. Chen (Duke) have posted to SSRN their article, Trading-Off Reproductive Technology and Adoption: Does Subsidizing in Vitro Fertilization Decrease Adoption Rates and Should it Matter? forthcoming in the Minnesota Law Review. Here is the abstract: For … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism and Technology, Reproductive Rights, Women and Economics
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Buying Parental Rights
Earlier this summer, the journal Bioethics published this interesting piece by Jason K. M. Hanna (Philosophy, Northern Illinois: Revisiting Child-Based Objections to Commercial Surrogacy. Here is the abstract: Many critics of commercial surrogate motherhood argue that it violates the rights … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism and Families, Reproductive Rights
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Eggsploitation and Abortion Politics
“Eggsploitation,” a new documentary about the perils faced by egg providers in the increasingly globalized and highly lucrative infertility business opens Sunday at the Little Theatre in Rochester. Taking a no-holds-barred approach, “Eggsploitation” exposes what happens to young women who … Continue reading
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Op-Ed on Nebraska’s Post-20-Week Abortion Ban
The L.A. Times ran my op-ed on April 25 on Nebraska’s “Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act”: Nebraska legislation aimed at undoing Roe vs. Wade Nebraska’s Abortion Pain Prevention Act, signed into law last week, appears to have a quite reasonable … Continue reading
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Guest Blogger Deborah Zipf: “Every Saturday Morning…”
Every Saturday morning, regardless of the weather or the state of the world, a group of anti-choicers gathers on the sidewalk outside the clinic in this city. They have been faithful to their cause for over thirty years. … Continue reading
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Naomi Cahn and June Carbone, “Blue Biology: Women, Economics, and Family Values”
Full text at the HuffPo, excerpt below: … The economy and biology are on a collision course. The latest news confirms what many women fear — wait too long and your eggs are gone. The scientific findings aren’t quite that … Continue reading
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High divorce rates and teen pregnancy are worse in conservative states than liberal states, but moral panic won’t help lower divorce rates and teen pregnancy in conservative states; education will.
Read a recent op-ed by this title written by Feminist Law Profs Extraordinare Naomi Cahn and June Carbone here! –Ann Bartow
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You Won THAT in a Raffle?
First prize in a UK raffle is a human egg. This “raffle” is part of a repulsive publicity ploy by the U.S.-based Genetics & IVF Institute (which bills itself as “the world’s largest, fully integrated, specialized provider of infertility and … Continue reading
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Importance of Honesty in Donor-Conceived Families
At the Denver Motherhood conference, I’m listening now to a talk by Wendy Kramer, co-founder and Director of the Donor Sibling Registry. Here’s an excerpt from the organization’s “About Us” statement: The Donor Sibling Registry (DSR) was founded in 2000 … Continue reading
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Joslin on “Legal Regulation of Pregnancy and Childbirth”
Courtner Joslin (UC Davis) has posted to SSRN her encyclopedia entry, “Legal Regulation of Pregnancy and Childbirth.” Here is the abstract: This piece, a short entry in The Child: An Encyclopedic Companion, examines the legal regulation of pregnant women. … Continue reading
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Nebraska Holds Hearing on “Fetal Pain” Bill Banning Later Pre-Viability Abortions
I testified yesterday in opposition to Nebraska LB 1103, which would ban abortions starting at 20 weeks after fertilization, and which contains only a very narrow health exception. The ban is unconstitutional because, as the sponsor readily admits, it … Continue reading
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NYU L & Social Change Symposium on Reproductive & Sexual Rights
Feminist Law Profs Anita Allen, Sylvia Law and Ruthann Robson are among the participants in a February 12, 2010 symposium sponsored by the NYU Review of Law and Social Change. The title of the program is “From Page to … Continue reading
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Killing an Abortion Doctor Might Be Voluntary Manslaughter, Not Murder
That is, according to the Kansas judge presiding over the trial of Dr. George Tiller’s murder. Apparently, murdering someone in cold-blood for performing a lawful medical procedure for women who seek it might be a form of “deadly force … Continue reading
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Abstinence Only Clown
Via. The abstinence lecture starts at 2:50. See also.
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Feminist Theory Meets Empirical Research on Surrogate Mothers
The topic of surrogacy seems to elicit strong and sometimes conflicted reactions. In particular, it has been the subject of some less than favorable discussion in posts on this blog (see here and here, both cross-posts from other blogs) and … Continue reading
Guest Post by Gloria Feldt: Not Under the Bus
“If we’re going to be thrown under the bus, let’s not be ladylike about it. Kick and scream and make your voice heard.” :Linda Lowen, About.com/womensissues I couldn’t agree more with Linda. That’s why I’ve dropped everything else and am … Continue reading
More on Don’t Ask, Don’t Get Pregnant
From Feminist Law Prof Ruthann Robson, over at Constitutional Law Profs Blog: Responding to criticisms that the policy treats men and women differently, [Major General Tony] Cucolo [U.S. Army, Commander, 3rd Infantry Division] had this to say: The men stay … Continue reading
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Don’t Ask, Don’t Get Pregnant: Military Policy for Iraq Bans Pregnancy or Impregnanting
Stars and Stripes, The Independent News Source for the U.S. Military Community, is reporting that a policy which went into effect in early November, and just reported, restricts the reproductive rights of military and civilian personnel: The rule governs all … Continue reading