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Abortion Rights, Michael C. Dorf
Defaults And Choices In The Marriage Contract: How To Increase Autonomy, Encourage Discussion, And Circumvent Constitutional Constraints, Andrew Blair-Stanek
Defaults And Choices In The Marriage Contract: How To Increase Autonomy, Encourage Discussion, And Circumvent Constitutional Constraints, Andrew Blair-Stanek
Touro Law Review
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Aborted Emotions: Regret, Relationality, And Regulation, Jody Lyneé Madeira
Aborted Emotions: Regret, Relationality, And Regulation, Jody Lyneé Madeira
Michigan Journal of Gender & Law
Regret is a deeply contested emotion within abortion discourse. It is present in ways that we are both afraid of and afraid to talk about. Conventional pro-life and pro-choice narratives link regret to defective decision making. Both sides assert that the existence of regret reveals abortion’s harmfulness or harmlessness, generating a narrow focus on the maternal-fetal relationship and women’s “rights.” These incomplete, deeply flawed constructions mire discourse in a clash between regret and relief and exclude myriad relevant relationships. Moreover, they distort popular understandings of abortion that in turn influence women, creating cognitive dissonance and perhaps distress for those with …
Characterizing Ghostwriting., Debra Lyn Bassett
Characterizing Ghostwriting., Debra Lyn Bassett
St. Mary's Journal on Legal Malpractice & Ethics
It is well known that legal services are costly and that existing pro bono services are inadequate to help every individual who would benefit from legal assistance. Compounding this unmet need are various restrictions on the types of clients and types of cases that qualify for pro bono services. For example, Legal Services Corporation lawyers may not represent undocumented individuals, and may not undertake a representation in an abortion, desegregation, or assisted suicide matter. One attempt to mitigate this unmet need is ghostwriting. Analogous to presidential speechwriting, ghostwriting in the legal context occurs when a lawyer drafts a pleading or …
Abortion Distortions, Caroline Mala Corbin
Money, Sex, And Religion--The Supreme Court's Aca Sequel, George J. Annas, Theodore Ruger, Jennifer Prah Ruger
Money, Sex, And Religion--The Supreme Court's Aca Sequel, George J. Annas, Theodore Ruger, Jennifer Prah Ruger
All Faculty Scholarship
The Supreme Court decision in the Hobby Lobby case is in many ways a sequel to the Court's 2012 decision on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The majority decision, written by Justice Samuel Alito, is a setback for both the ACA's foundational goal of access to universal health care and for women's health care specifically. The Court's ruling can be viewed as a direct consequence of our fragmented health care system, in which fundamental duties are incrementally delegated and imposed on a range of public and private actors. Our incremental, fragmented, and incomplete health insurance system means …