Category Archives: Reproductive Rights

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.

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Ann Bartow

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?

Posted on March 14, 2010 by Bridget Crawford

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

Posted on March 13, 2010 by Bridget Crawford

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”

Posted on March 10, 2010 by Bridget Crawford

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

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Caitlin Borgmann

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

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Bridget Crawford

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

Posted on January 14, 2010 by David S. Cohen

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

Posted on January 12, 2010 by Ann Bartow

Via. The abstinence lecture starts at 2:50. See also.

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Feminist Theory Meets Empirical Research on Surrogate Mothers

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Tony Infanti

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 →

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Guest Post by Gloria Feldt: Not Under the Bus

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Ann Bartow

“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 →

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More on Don’t Ask, Don’t Get Pregnant

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

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

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

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 →

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Nelson-Hatch Amendment Defeated in the Senate

Posted on December 8, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

The Nelson-Hatch amendment (the Senate version of the Stupak ban) has been rejected in the Senate by a 54-45 vote.  The roll call result is here.  The amendment would have placed significant restrictions on private health insurance coverage for abortion … Continue reading →

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You didn’t really think that Democratic control of both the Presidency and Congress would preserve abortion rights, did you?

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Ann Bartow

It’s the No Abortion Ban National Day of Action, or as Violet says  “Stop Stupak!”: Center for Reproductive Rights: No Abortion Ban – National Day of Action NOW: Stop Stupak! Stop Stupak Coalition: DC Lobby Day and National Week of … Continue reading →

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The Center for Reproductive Rights’ Law School Initiative and Law Students for Reproductive Justice are accepting submissions for the 5th annual Sarah Weddington Writing Prize.

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Ann Bartow

The Center for Reproductive Rights’ Law School Initiative and Law Students for Reproductive Justice are accepting submissions for the 5th annual Sarah Weddington Writing Prize.     The theme this year is Reproductive Rights As Human Rights.   This theme … Continue reading →

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The 64 Democrats on the Wrong Side of Stupak-Pitts

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Ann Bartow

The Democrats who voted “Aye” on the Stupak-Pitts Amendment: AL-2 Bright, Bobby; AL- 5 Griffith, Parker; AL-7 Davis, Artur; AR-1 Berry, Robert; AR-2 Snyder, Victor; AR-4 AR-4 Ross, Mike; CA-18 Cardoza, Dennis; CA-20 Costa, Jim; CA-43 Baca, Joe; CO-3 Salazar, … Continue reading →

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Chris Matthews Takes on Abortion and the Catholic Church

Posted on November 24, 2009 by David S. Cohen

Chris Matthews does a great job skewering the Rhode Island bishop who denied Patrick Kennedy communion. With apologies for linking to the videos as posted by Americans United for Life (it was the only version I could figure out to … Continue reading →

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Jennifer M. Keighley, “Health Care Reform and Reproductive Rights: Sex Equality Arguments for Abortion Coverage in a National Plan”

Posted on November 13, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Abstract: The national health insurance reform effort threatens to reduce the number of women who have health insurance coverage for abortions. Instead of evaluating whether the Supreme Court would invalidate restrictions on coverage, I employ a model of legislative constitutionalism … Continue reading →

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Webinar on Teaching Reproductive Rights – “What is the Role for Transnational Law?” on Friday, November 13th, from 3 – 4pm (Eastern).

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Ann Bartow

The webinar will focus on an important new article by Professor Martha Davis of Northeastern   -“Reproductive Rights in the Legal Academy: A New Role for Transnational Law,”which was published in the American Journal of Legal Education in September. The … Continue reading →

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Law and Order’s Shameful Abortion Episode

Posted on October 27, 2009 by David S. Cohen

I’ve never really been a Law and Order fan.   The combination of the sensationalistic (not to mention completely uncreative) “ripped from the headlines” approach as well as Sam Waterson’s sleepwalking/drunk/both acting style has kept me from watching it.   … Continue reading →

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Oklahoma Wants to Publicize Your Abortion

Posted on October 9, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

A law taking effect on November 1, 2009 will require public internet reporting of very, very specific information about every abortion performed in that state.  Here’s the information that will be required by law: 1. Date of abortion 2. County … Continue reading →

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Expanding Hyde to Cover All Insurance Plans?

Posted on September 29, 2009 by David S. Cohen

One of the goals of feminists going into the health reform debate this year was to work on repealing the Hyde Amendment (the federal budget clause that prohibits Medicaid from paying for abortions in all but the most limited of … Continue reading →

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Manian on “Informed Consent and Abortion Decision-Making”

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

Feminist Law Prof Maya Manian (USF) has posted to SSRN her article, “The Irrational Woman: Informed Consent and Abortion Decision-Making.” which appears in the Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy.  Here is the abstract: In Gonzales v. Carhart, the … Continue reading →

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Center for Reproductive Rights-Columbia Law School Fellowship

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Katherine Franke

Center for Reproductive Rights – Columbia Law School Fellowship The CRR-Columbia Fellowship is a full-time, residential fellowship for up to two full years starting in July 2010. The Fellow will be a member of the community of graduate fellows at … Continue reading →

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The Margaret Sanger Papers Project

Posted on August 24, 2009 by Ann Bartow

A lot gets written and said about Margaret Sanger. This NYU archive provides readers with access to her actual words. It also offers rebuttals to mischaracterizations of her views, and other information about Sanger and her work. –Ann Bartow

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Sex, Pregnancy, and Abortion on U.S. Military Bases

Posted on August 19, 2009 by Caitlin Borgmann

New York Times: Living and Fighting Alongside Men, and Fitting In, by Steven Lee Myers: FORWARD OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq : There is no mistaking that this dusty, gravel-strewn camp northeast of Baghdad is anything other than a combat outpost … Continue reading →

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The Republicans’ Hypocrisy (So What’s New?) About Health Privacy

Posted on August 14, 2009 by David S. Cohen

The whole discussion these days about the health care bill is outrageous.   In particular, the discussion of end of life care has become a joke.   Yup, most of the Republicans now outraged about “death panels” voted for the … Continue reading →

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The Chooser’s Choice

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

Feminist Law Prof Nancy Kim writing here on “Complicating the Abortion Discussion” reflected on sex-selective abortions, as described in this New York Times article.   Professor Kim provided context for the meaning of “reproductive freedom,” explaining that for some Chinese women, … Continue reading →

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Hawkins on “Doctors as Bankers”

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

Jim Hawkins (Houston) has posted to SSRN his working paper “Doctors as Bankers: Evidence from Fertility Markets.”  Here is a portion of the abstract: In a variety of medical contexts, doctors play a prominent role as bankers, lending directly to … Continue reading →

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Health reform hits abortion wall

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Nan Hunter

With congressional committees having entered the phase of proposing specific legislative language for health reform, an old problem has resurfaced: health reform and abortion rights are on a collision course.   I refer to it as an old problem because … Continue reading →

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Law Protecting Clinic Buffer Zone Upheld

Posted on July 14, 2009 by Ann Bartow

From the Feminist Daily News: The US 1st Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Massachusetts law on Friday, allowing a 35-foot safety buffer zone between protesters and abortion clinic entrances. The law, established in 2007, protects clinic patients and staff … Continue reading →

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Pharmacists are obliged to dispense the Plan B pill, even if they are personally opposed to the “morning after” contraceptive on religious grounds, a federal appeals court ruled last week.

Posted on July 13, 2009 by Ann Bartow

The LA Times reported: … In a case that could affect policy across the western U.S., a supermarket pharmacy owner in Olympia, Wash., failed in a bid to block 2007 regulations that required all Washington pharmacies to stock and dispense … Continue reading →

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Laura J. Murray, “Reproductive Technologies: Flesh, Paint, Text”

Posted on July 13, 2009 by Ann Bartow

How do you know a reproduction if you see one? Read Laura Murray’s essay here at No More Potlucks.

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Missing Girls

Posted on July 3, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Got back from China yesterday, and one thing my colleagues and I noticed was the (completely anecdotal) vast majority of the children anywhere we looked were male.   We were told that the Chinese governmnet is considering modifying its   … Continue reading →

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Nixon Supported Abortions to Prevent Racial Mixing

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

Whoa.  The New York Times reports here on the contents of the Nixon-Whitehouse tapes released yesterday by the National Archives.  One recording (audio file here) captured Nixon’s reflections on  Roe v. Wade on January 22, 1973, the day the Supreme … Continue reading →

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Complicating the Abortion Discussion

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

Complicating the abortion discussion, the NYT reports: [There are] seemingly minute deviations in the proportion of boys and girls born to Americans of Chinese, Indian and Korean descent.   In those families, if the first child was a girl, it … Continue reading →

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Who Is Dr. Tiller?

Posted on June 11, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

The website iamdrtiller.com memorializes Dr. Tiller and honors the work of all who work for reproductive rights: Here you will find stories of individuals who have dedicated their lives to making abortion safe, legal, healthy, and accessible to women and … Continue reading →

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Where Are You? Isaacson-Jones’s “Open Letter to 21 Million Women”

Posted on June 4, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

On January 8, 1989, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ran an ad taken out by B.J. Isaacson-Jones.  The “ad” was in the form of a poem.  At the time, Isaacson-Jones was the Executive Director of Reproductive Health Services (as in Webster … Continue reading →

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To PETA, Murder Is Just One More Opportunity To Promote Themselves

Posted on June 3, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

That’s the title of this post at the blog Joe. My. God. Here are the PETA ads. -Darren Rosenblum

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When the Right to Choose is Taken Away

Posted on June 3, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

In the heated rhetoric that usually accompanies discussions about abortion, it’s important to remember what happens when the right to choose is taken away from women. Women who can’t take care of a child will find a way to get … Continue reading →

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Only Words: Bill O’Reilly’s Angry Tirades Against Dr. George Tiller

Posted on June 2, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Via this Salon article, which notes: … Tiller’s name first appeared on “The Factor” on Feb. 25, 2005. Since then, O’Reilly and his guest hosts have brought up the doctor on 28 more episodes, including as recently as April 27 … Continue reading →

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Dr. George Tiller Murdered

Posted on May 31, 2009 by David S. Cohen

I wish I could label this an unbelievably tragic event, but it’s all too believable, unfortunately.   Today, Dr. George Tiller was murdered while ushering at his church. If you don’t know of Dr. Tiller, he’s one of the modern … Continue reading →

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Essay of Interest: Michael DiChiara’s A Case of First Impression: The Third Circuit Recognizes That Having An Abortion Is Protected By Title VII

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Colin Miller

Over the last few months, I have been working on a Submission Guide for Online Law Review Supplements. While doing my research for the Guide, I came across an interesting volume of the  Rutgers Law Record, the online supplement to … Continue reading →

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Ross Douthat on Abortion and Marriage

Posted on May 12, 2009 by Caitlin Borgmann

Ross Douthat has published another op-ed on abortion (and marriage) in the NY Times today: Faking Left: Among their many aspirations for his presidency, Barack Obama’s admirers nurse a persistent hope that he might be able to end the culture … Continue reading →

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Ann Rossiter, “Ireland’s Hidden Diaspora: the ‘abortion trail’ and the making of a London-Irish underground, 1980-2000”

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Ann Bartow

From this site: Every year, approximately 5,000 women from the Republic of Ireland and 1,500 from Northern Ireland cross the Irish Sea to have an abortion in a British clinic. They come and go in secret, like women ‘on the … Continue reading →

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Sarah B. Lawsky and Naomi Cahn, “Embryo Exchanges and Adoption Tax Credits”

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Abstract: The”Option of Adoption Act,”a Georgia bill introduced by a staunchly anti-abortion Georgia state representative, establishes procedures for genetic donors to relinquish their rights to embryos before birth and permits, but does not require, embryo recipients to petition a court … Continue reading →

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“Abortion Recovery” Group Not Interested In Teen Pregnancy Prevention After All

Posted on May 6, 2009 by Caitlin Borgmann

Abortion Recovery InterNational describes itself as “the first and only Christian affiliate  association that works to unite recovery centers, programs and supporting organizations around the world by serving as a network of recovery, awareness, educational and research resources providing information … Continue reading →

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It’s National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

Posted on May 6, 2009 by Caitlin Borgmann

Today is the National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. Via the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy: Hundreds of thousands of teens nationwide are expected to participate in the eighth annual National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy on May 6, … Continue reading →

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Babies and Pigs in Diapers

Posted on May 1, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

Nadya Suleman, the California mother of 14 children, has said in a recent news interview that she is considering adopting a pet pig and/or a small dog.   PETA is urging Ms. Suleman to refrain.   According to PETA, a … Continue reading →

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Obama says: “Now, the Freedom of Choice Act is not highest legislative priority.”

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Here. See also this article entitled: “Obama says abortion rights law not a top priority.” Contrast that with his words when he was a candidate: “The first thing I’d do as president [to preserve abortion rights] is sign the Freedom … Continue reading →

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