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Make America Discriminate Again? Why Hobby Lobby's Expansion Of Rfra Is Bad Medicine For Transgender Health Care, Alexis M. Florczak
Make America Discriminate Again? Why Hobby Lobby's Expansion Of Rfra Is Bad Medicine For Transgender Health Care, Alexis M. Florczak
Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine
The article highlights the implications of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in "Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc." which held for-profit corporations could be exempt from the Affordable Care Act's (ACA)contraceptive mandate because of their sincerely held religious beliefs. Topics discussed include ACA Nondiscrimination or Civil Rights provision provides valuable protections to transgender individuals; and Department of Health and Human Services' further guidance on the ACA's provision.
Reproductive Selection Bias, Lauren R. Roth
Reproductive Selection Bias, Lauren R. Roth
Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine
Decades after the advent of assisted reproductive technology ("ART") that allows prospective parents to deselect embryos with grave genetic illnesses—a procedure called preimplantation genetic diagnosis ("PGD")— it remains a tool largely of upper-class whites. I argue that the time has come to focus on closing the access gap in this area of reproductive rights in spite of the current political climate. If reproductive liberty is tied to equality through access to medical procedures, scholars must finally answer the question of what equality requires in a system that permits the use of ARTs. This Article shows how the current system of …
The Oliver C. Schroeder, Jr. Scholar-In-Residence Lecture: Sneaking Around The Constitution: Pretextual "Health" Laws And The Future Of Roe V. Wade, Nancy Northrup
Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine
A speech delivered by Nancy Northup, President and chief executive officer (CEO) of the U.S. Center for Reproductive Rights. It discusses the consequences of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in case 'Roe v. Wade' on pretextual health law.
Borrowing From Dormant Commerce Clause Doctrine In Analyzing Abortion Clinic Regulations, Caitlin E. Borgmann
Borrowing From Dormant Commerce Clause Doctrine In Analyzing Abortion Clinic Regulations, Caitlin E. Borgmann
Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine
The article examines the intensity in legislative rulemaking specifically directed at dismantling women's health protections is sweeping across the U.S. Topics discussed include the U.S. anti-reproductive rights legislation; legal protections for pharmacists who refuse to dispense contraceptive medications to women; and targeted restrictions of abortion providers (TRAP laws) in Texas.