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Health Law and Policy

Selected Works

2009

Women

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Women Of Childbearing Potential In Clinical Research: Perspectives On Nih Policy And Liability Issues, Karen H. Rothenberg, Eugene G. Hayunga, Vivian W. Pinn Dec 2009

Women Of Childbearing Potential In Clinical Research: Perspectives On Nih Policy And Liability Issues, Karen H. Rothenberg, Eugene G. Hayunga, Vivian W. Pinn

Karen H. Rothenberg

No abstract provided.


Partner Notification And The Threat Of Domestic Violence Against Women With Hiv Infection, Karen H. Rothenberg, Richard L. North Dec 2009

Partner Notification And The Threat Of Domestic Violence Against Women With Hiv Infection, Karen H. Rothenberg, Richard L. North

Karen H. Rothenberg

No abstract provided.


The Irrational Woman: Informed Consent And Abortion Decision-Making, Maya Manian Dec 2008

The Irrational Woman: Informed Consent And Abortion Decision-Making, Maya Manian

Maya Manian

In Gonzales v. Carhart, the Supreme Court upheld a federal ban on a type of second-trimester abortion that many physicians believe is safer for their patients. Carhart presented a watershed moment in abortion law, because it marks the Supreme Court’s first use of the anti-abortion movement’s “woman-protective” rationale to uphold a ban on abortion and the first time since Roe v. Wade that the Court denied women a health exception to an abortion restriction. The woman-protective rationale asserts that banning abortion promotes women’s mental health. According to Carhart, the State should make the final decisions about pregnant women’s healthcare, because …