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2012

Law and Gender

Selected Works

Martha F. Davis

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Full-Text Articles in Law

The New Paternalism: War On Poverty Or War On Women?, Martha F. Davis Sep 2012

The New Paternalism: War On Poverty Or War On Women?, Martha F. Davis

Martha F. Davis

No abstract provided.


Valuing Women: A Case Study, Martha F. Davis Sep 2012

Valuing Women: A Case Study, Martha F. Davis

Martha F. Davis

No abstract provided.


The Equal Rights Amendment: Then And Now, Martha F. Davis Sep 2012

The Equal Rights Amendment: Then And Now, Martha F. Davis

Martha F. Davis

No abstract provided.


Abortion Access In The Global Marketplace, Martha F. Davis Jun 2012

Abortion Access In The Global Marketplace, Martha F. Davis

Martha F. Davis

In the United States, government funding of legal abortion for low-income women has been uniquely “de-linked” from the fundamental right to an abortion. While the underlying right to an abortion has been repeatedly reaffirmed, federal courts have been unreceptive to any imposition of an affirmative governmental obligation to fund the exercise of the right. In contrast, the human rights framework, increasingly adopted worldwide by other national and regional courts and legislatures, has supported expansion of government funding of legal abortion. The domestic U.S. treatment of abortion funding is illuminated by examining several recent transnational decisions—from Colombia, Mexico, and the European …