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Table Of Contents (Vol. 16, No. 2) Feb 2010

Table Of Contents (Vol. 16, No. 2)

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

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The Gender Gap: A Persistent Problem That Congress Has Yet To Address, Leeron Avnery Feb 2010

The Gender Gap: A Persistent Problem That Congress Has Yet To Address, Leeron Avnery

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

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Taxation, Pregnancy, And Privacy, Bridget J. Crawford Feb 2010

Taxation, Pregnancy, And Privacy, Bridget J. Crawford

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

This Article frames a discussion of surrogacy within the context of existing income tax laws. A surrogate receives money for carrying and bearing a child. This payment is income by any definition, even if the surrogacy contract recites that it is a “reimbursement.” Cases and rulings on the income tax consequences of the sale of blood and human breast milk, as well as analogies to situations in which people are paid to wear advertising on their bodies, support the conclusion that a surrogate recognizes taxable income, although the Internal Revenue Service has never stated so. For tax purposes, the reproductive …


Privacy And Domestic Violence In Court, Rebecca Green Feb 2010

Privacy And Domestic Violence In Court, Rebecca Green

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

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Abortion, The Undue Burden Standard, And The Evisceration Of Women's Privacy, Caitlin E. Borgmann Feb 2010

Abortion, The Undue Burden Standard, And The Evisceration Of Women's Privacy, Caitlin E. Borgmann

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

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Medical Conscience And The Policing Of Parenthood, Richard F. Storrow Feb 2010

Medical Conscience And The Policing Of Parenthood, Richard F. Storrow

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

As state and local anti-discrimination provisions become more and more comprehensive, physicians who refuse to treat patients for reasons of sexual orientation or marital status are beginning to face legal liability. Increasingly, physicians are invoking codes of medical ethics alongside more familiar constitutional law claims in support of their claim to insulation from legal liability. This Article explores what medical ethics has to say about physicians who, for sincerely held religious reasons, refuse to treat patients for reasons of sexual orientation or marital status. The issue is explored through the lens of a case recently decided by the California Supreme …