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The Birth Of Fertility Fraud: How To Protect Washingtonians, Sarah Chicoine
The Birth Of Fertility Fraud: How To Protect Washingtonians, Sarah Chicoine
Washington Law Review Online
Doctors in multiple states have been accused of using their own sperm to impregnate patients without the patient’s consent. Because most states do not have laws prohibiting fertility doctors from using their own sperm to impregnate their patients, families have not been able to seek meaningful legal remedies. State legislatures enacted new fertility fraud laws to deter, criminalize, and provide a legal civil cause of action to those harmed by these actions—but only after these allegations came to light. If the Washington State Legislature creates a law before any similar allegations come to light in Washington, those patients harmed in …
You Can’T Save Dead People: The Emerging Battles Over Supervised Consumption Sites, James Satterberg
You Can’T Save Dead People: The Emerging Battles Over Supervised Consumption Sites, James Satterberg
Washington Law Review Online
The United States is experiencing a drug overdose epidemic of historic proportions. As fatal overdose rates continue to increase, some jurisdictions have sought evidence-based solutions to this public health issue. This Comment concerns one proposed remedy in particular: supervised consumption sites. In a supervised consumption site, drug users are encouraged to consume their own drugs at the facility. Facility staff give drug users clean equipment, teach safe injection techniques, and, most importantly, monitor drug users for symptoms of overdose. If a staff member witnesses an overdose, they act to prevent the overdose from becoming fatal. Research conducted on supervised consumption …
You Can’T Save Dead People: The Emerging Battles Over Supervised Consumption Sites, James Satterberg
You Can’T Save Dead People: The Emerging Battles Over Supervised Consumption Sites, James Satterberg
Washington Law Review Online
The United States is experiencing a drug overdose epidemic of historic proportions. As fatal overdose rates continue to increase, some jurisdictions have sought evidence-based solutions to this public health issue. This Comment concerns one proposed remedy in particular: supervised consumption sites. In a supervised consumption site, drug users are encouraged to consume their own drugs at the facility. Facility staff give drug users clean equipment, teach safe injection techniques, and, most importantly, monitor drug users for symptoms of overdose. If a staff member witnesses an overdose, they act to prevent the overdose from becoming fatal. Research conducted on supervised consumption …