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Intercultural Human Rights Law Review

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Abortion In The United States: A Cry For Human Dignity, James J. Zumpano, Jr. Jan 2020

Abortion In The United States: A Cry For Human Dignity, James J. Zumpano, Jr.

Intercultural Human Rights Law Review

In recent years, the debate surrounding abortion has taken flight. It has been one of the most discussed and most controversial topics in the history of the United States as well as around the world. This article undertakes a critical analysis of whether mothers in the United States should maintain their exclusive privacy right to choose to terminate a pregnancy or whether unborn babies also have substantive due process rights, in particular a right to life. The gestational process of human development as well as pregnancy from the mother's perspective shall first be addressed. The various types of abortion procedures, …


Private Habeas, Chris Kozak Jan 2018

Private Habeas, Chris Kozak

Intercultural Human Rights Law Review

Half a century ago, Abraham Maslow demonstrated that conditioning a person's physical safety on their participation in some higher-order social project is sheer madness. Yet this is exactly what federal immigration law does to undocumented victims of human trafficking. To receive a visa, victims must first convince Donald Trump's immigration officials-who have a strong interest in deporting them-that they are, in fact, victims. They also must cooperate fully in the prosecution of their trafficker, a process over which they have no real control. This is not a new complaint. Advocates have been frustrated by this myopia for a long time. …