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“A Solemn Mockery”: Why Texas’S Senate Bill 8 Cannot Be Legitimized Through Comparisons To Qui Tam And Environmental Protection Statutes, Laura Blockman
“A Solemn Mockery”: Why Texas’S Senate Bill 8 Cannot Be Legitimized Through Comparisons To Qui Tam And Environmental Protection Statutes, Laura Blockman
University of Miami Law Review
On September 1, 2021, the Texas Legislature enacted the Texas Heartbeat Act, an anti-abortion statute popularly known as Senate Bill 8 (“S.B. 8”). Although many states passed anti-abortion legislation in 2021, S.B. 8 received national attention due to the law’s unusual enforcement mechanism: S.B. 8 empowers private citizens, not state actors, to sue individuals who perform or aid in the performance of an abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected.
Unsurprisingly, the authors of S.B. 8 received extreme back- lash from the public, and many academics and legal scholars viewed the law’s private enforcement mechanism as an effort to evade …
Why Reproductive Health Rights Should No Longer Be A Partisan Issue: A Call To Invest In Family Planning, Sofia Waterhouse
Why Reproductive Health Rights Should No Longer Be A Partisan Issue: A Call To Invest In Family Planning, Sofia Waterhouse
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
The concepts of family planning and reproductive health rights are often obscured by the controversy that surrounds the topic of abortion. This controversy has substantially impacted the U.S.’s outlook on reproductive health rights and its support toward family planning organizations, often limiting funding and aid depending on each administration’s political views. While international law has recognized the importance of reproductive health rights and the necessity of family planning programs, the U.S. continues to fall be-hind when it comes to promoting such rights. This article calls for a bipartisan effort to end these regressive and harmful anti–abortion policies so that the …
Will The Zika Virus Enable A Transplant Of Roe V. Wade To Brazil?, Amanda Greenberg
Will The Zika Virus Enable A Transplant Of Roe V. Wade To Brazil?, Amanda Greenberg
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
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Abortion Distortions, Caroline Mala Corbin
Comparative Pragmatism Versus Comparative Formalism In The Abortion Context, Caroline Bettinger-López
Comparative Pragmatism Versus Comparative Formalism In The Abortion Context, Caroline Bettinger-López
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Negative Impacts Of Abortion Criminalization In Brazil: Systematic Denial Of Women's Reproductive Autonomy And Human Rights, Beatriz Galli
Negative Impacts Of Abortion Criminalization In Brazil: Systematic Denial Of Women's Reproductive Autonomy And Human Rights, Beatriz Galli
University of Miami Law Review
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Bray V. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic: Women Under Siege, Dianne Olivia Fischer
Bray V. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic: Women Under Siege, Dianne Olivia Fischer
University of Miami Law Review
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