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Cook County Jail: A De Facto Hosptial For The Mentally Ill, Melissa Kong
Cook County Jail: A De Facto Hosptial For The Mentally Ill, Melissa Kong
Public Interest Law Reporter
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No Longer Uninsured: Residents Of Illinois With A Preexisting Condition Of Aids, Hiv, Mental Health, Or Substance Use Are Now Covered Under The Affordable Care Act, Sonia A. Antolec, Alexis D. Figueroa
No Longer Uninsured: Residents Of Illinois With A Preexisting Condition Of Aids, Hiv, Mental Health, Or Substance Use Are Now Covered Under The Affordable Care Act, Sonia A. Antolec, Alexis D. Figueroa
Public Interest Law Reporter
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A New Life For Wrongful Living, Nadia N. Sawicki
A New Life For Wrongful Living, Nadia N. Sawicki
Faculty Publications & Other Works
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Compelling Images: The Constitutionality Of Emotionally Persuasive Health Campaigns, Nadia N. Sawicki
Compelling Images: The Constitutionality Of Emotionally Persuasive Health Campaigns, Nadia N. Sawicki
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Legislation requiring the display of emotionally compelling graphic imagery in medical and public health contexts is on the rise-two examples include the Food and Drug Administration's recently abandoned tobacco labeling regulations, which would have imposed images of diseased lungs and cancerous lesions on cigarette packaging, and state laws requiring physicians to display and describe ultrasound images to women seeking abortions. This Article highlights the disconnect between the constitutional challenges to these laws, which focus on the perils of compelling speakers to communicate messages with which they may disagree, and the public's primary objections, which are grounded in ethical concerns about …
Abortion, Religion, And The Accusation Of Establishment: A Critique Of Justice Stevens’ Opinions In Thornburgh, Webster, And Casey, John M. Breen
Abortion, Religion, And The Accusation Of Establishment: A Critique Of Justice Stevens’ Opinions In Thornburgh, Webster, And Casey, John M. Breen
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It is commonplace to characterize legal arguments in favor of protecting the human embryo or fetus as “inherently religious” such that laws embodying this point of view constitute an establishment of religion in violation of the First Amendment. The practical effect of this argumentative strategy is to foreclose substantive debate on the issue of the legal status of the unborn – to preclude from consideration an entire point of view and so win an argument without ever really having one.
This claim has a long pedigree, tracing back to the founding of NARAL and Lawrence Lader’s “Catholic strategy.” Its most …