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

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Death After Dobbs: Addressing The Viability Of Capital Punishment For Abortion, Melanie Kalmanson Apr 2023

Death After Dobbs: Addressing The Viability Of Capital Punishment For Abortion, Melanie Kalmanson

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

Pre-Dobbs legislative efforts and states’ reactions in the immediate aftermath of Dobbs indicate the post-Dobbs reality that deeply conservative states will seek to criminalize abortion and impose extremely harsh sentences for such crimes, up to and including death. This Article addresses that reality. Initially, this Article illustrates that abortion and capital punishment are like opposite sides of the same coin, and it is a handful of states leading the counter majoritarian efforts on both topics. After outlining the position of each state in the nation that retains capital punishment on capital sentencing and abortion, the Article identifies the …


The Impact Of Artificial Womb Technology On Abortion Jurisprudence, Julia Dalzell Apr 2019

The Impact Of Artificial Womb Technology On Abortion Jurisprudence, Julia Dalzell

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

No abstract provided.


The Creation Of An Undue Burden: Arizona House Bill 2036 And State Abortion Regulations Post-Casey, Michael A. Althouse Dec 2013

The Creation Of An Undue Burden: Arizona House Bill 2036 And State Abortion Regulations Post-Casey, Michael A. Althouse

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

No abstract provided.


Bad Medicine: Abortion And The Battle Over Who Speaks For Women's Health, Andrea D. Friedman Dec 2013

Bad Medicine: Abortion And The Battle Over Who Speaks For Women's Health, Andrea D. Friedman

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

No abstract provided.


Reproductive Injustice In The New Millennium, Sybil Shainwald Dec 2013

Reproductive Injustice In The New Millennium, Sybil Shainwald

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

A reexamination of the history of abortion law in the United States is essential to an understanding of recent changes. Part I of this Article will provide a synopsis of the early Anglo-American view of abortion at common law, the early anti-abortion statutes, and the state of abortion during the early twentieth century. Part II will discuss the liberalization of abortion laws, as well as the ways in which the law pertaining to a woman’s right to choose has evolved since 1973. Finally, Part III will analyze the constitutionality of the current wave of restrictions.


Sex Selection Abortion And The Boomerang Effect Of A Woman's Right To Choose: A Paradox Of The Skeptics, Lynne Marie Kohm Dec 1997

Sex Selection Abortion And The Boomerang Effect Of A Woman's Right To Choose: A Paradox Of The Skeptics, Lynne Marie Kohm

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

No abstract provided.