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Reconsidering Federal And State Obstacles To Human Trafficking And Entitlements Victim Status, Amanda Peters
Reconsidering Federal And State Obstacles To Human Trafficking And Entitlements Victim Status, Amanda Peters
Utah Law Review
The crime of human trafficking has received much political and mediaattention in recent years. Lawmakers and actors within the criminal justice system have yet to fully grasp the challenges human trafficking victims face in securing the rights, benefits, services, and protections reserved for this group. One of the qualities of the American criminal justice system is its ability to adapt to new challenges. Law and policy makers must understand whether and why human trafficking victims differ from victims of traditional crime and how entitlements for both groups overlap, yet differ. Without pondering the distinctions, trafficking victims will continue to find …
From Rights To Dignity: Drawing Lessons From Aid In Dying And Reproductive Rights, Yvonne Lindgren
From Rights To Dignity: Drawing Lessons From Aid In Dying And Reproductive Rights, Yvonne Lindgren
Utah Law Review
The transformation of AID from a constitutional rights frame to a healthcare frame highlights the importance of developing a healthcare model related to dignity that isundergirded by social support, legal rights and healthcare access. However, the history of the abortion right cautions against narrowly identifying healthcare within the confines of the individual doctor-patient relationship because it risks subordinating the decisional autonomy of patients to the decision-making of their doctors. Taken together, these movements gesture toward situating rights within a healthcare framing that considers how social, political and economic systems and relationships come to bear upon decision-making. I conclude that while …