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Health And Welfare Preempted: How National Meat Association V. Harris Undermines Federalism, Food Safety And Animal Protection, Marya Torrez
Health And Welfare Preempted: How National Meat Association V. Harris Undermines Federalism, Food Safety And Animal Protection, Marya Torrez
Marya Torrez
In 2008, the Humane Society of the United States released an undercover video showing horrific abuse of disabled cows in a California meat packing and meat processing company. The video led to a number of legislative and regulatory responses including a California law which prohibited the slaughter of nonambulatory animals and required that they be immediately humanely euthanized. However, in 2012, in National Meat Association v. Harris, the Supreme Court struck down the law as preempted by the Federal Meat Inspection Act. The decision not only violates traditional preemption jurisprudence but undermines California prerogatives to protect animal welfare and public …
Combatting Reproductive Oppression: Why Reproductive Justice Cannot Stop At The Species Border, Marya Torrez
Combatting Reproductive Oppression: Why Reproductive Justice Cannot Stop At The Species Border, Marya Torrez
Marya Torrez
The reproductive justice movement aims to be an intersectional and inclusionary movement by focusing on the reproductive oppression of women of color, immigrants, low income women, disabled women, and other populations who have been historically excluded from or ignored by the mainstream reproductive rights movement. However, there is one group of individuals who have been nearly completely excluded from the reproductive justice lens: nonhuman animals. While most feminists and reproductive justice advocates would consider the idea that nonhuman animals could possibly be considered within the reproductive justice framework preposterous, this article argues, not only that it makes sense to include …