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Policy Points The historic 2022 Supreme Court Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization decision has created a new public policy landscape in the United States that will restrict access to legal and safe abortion for a significant proportion of the population. Policies restricting access to ...
Women in Idaho, Oklahoma and Tennessee filed legal actions against their states over abortion bans, saying they were denied abortions despite having dangerous pregnancy complications. Four women in Idaho -- Jennifer Adkins, Jillaine St.Michel, Kayla Smith and Rebecca Vincen-Brown -- and OB-GYNs ...
Volume 17, Issue 4, pages 368–375, December 1989Additional Information How to Cite Baron, C. H. (1989), Abortion and Legal Process in the United States: An Overview of the Post-Webster Legal Landscape. The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 17: 368–375. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-720X....
On April 13, the mayor of Greenville, Mississippi,rescinded$500 citations issued to congregants of a local church for violating a “shelter-in-place” order, after a religious freedom suit was filed against the city. The suit was among a handful of court actions related to states’ authority...
Walker and van Zyl (2015) apply this professional model to the difficult issue of abortion on grounds of fetal abnormality. Overall (2015) argues that intended parents should be licensed based on a screening process, and Damelio and Sorensen (2008) argue for education aiming to enhance ...
On top of potentially long distances to states like New Mexico, California and Colorado, patients who used to go to Arizona from other states for abortion care will have to go elsewhere, Phillis said. Plus, Arizona is home to more than 20 federally recognized tribes, and barriers are expect...
Commercial regulation in the United States: a constitutional perspective Based on my research of state regulations over the past year, there are several key issues regulators will be facing when they either revise existing regulations or adopt new ones. Assisted living regulations come of age In a...
Here are results of abortion rights votes in the five other states: Kansas; Aug. 2, 2022 In the first statewide abortion rights vote after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, voters rejected an amendment to the state’s constitution which would have removed abortion as a constitutional right and...
CNN is tracking these legal challenges as they make their way through the courts. Here’s where abortion access currently stands in the United States. Editor’s Note: This story has been updated with additional information.