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The Undue Burden: Parental Notification Requirements For Publicly Funded Contraception, Stephanie Bornstein
The Undue Burden: Parental Notification Requirements For Publicly Funded Contraception, Stephanie Bornstein
UF Law Faculty Publications
This article analyzes the legal impact of legislative proposals in 1998 and 1999 to require parental notification for minors seeking publicly funded contraception. Part I explores the history of Title X and some of its amendments, the HHS interpretive “squeal rule,” and the federal courts' rejection of the HHS rule based on the congressional intent behind Title X. Part II focuses on the Parental Notification Act of 1998 and its likelihood for success against a constitutional challenge, based on an analysis of precedent on parental consent requirements for contraception and abortion. Part III discusses the change in the legislative and …
To Bear Or Not To Bear: Reproductive Freedom As An International Human Right, Berta E. Hernández-Truyol
To Bear Or Not To Bear: Reproductive Freedom As An International Human Right, Berta E. Hernández-Truyol
UF Law Faculty Publications
The right to reproductive freedom is recognized and protected in virtually every corner of this world. Domestic and international tribunals have increasingly found that the right to privacy includes such a right. Using the various "sources" of international law as an analytical framework, this Article posits, based on an internationalist's perspective, that reproductive freedom -- as part of the penumbral zone of enumerated and existing human rights or as a particular right in se -- is now included in the body of protected international human rights. Consequently, any government interference with the individual's exercise of such freedom constitutes an impermissible …