The Right to Gender Affirming Care
On Friday, March 25, after UT Southwestern and Children’s Medical Center shut down the Genecis clinic in Dallas, Texas, 850 signatories submitted a letter urging for it to remain open. Their letter is part of a larger outcry: hundreds of…
Legal Status and Recommendations for Multi-Parent/Multi-Partner Families in the US
This presentation provides a brief overview of social and legal issues facing multi-partner families, identifies some practical suggestions for these families inspired by the strategies LGBTQ families have used, and suggests policies that would benefit multi-partner, LGBTQ+, and other diverse…
Texas’ Anti-Trans Directive
Texas’ Anti-Trans Directive One month ago, on February 22, Texas governor Greg Abbott made a terrifying, violent decision. He directed the state’s Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) to investigate gender-affirming healthcare for trans youth as “child abuse.” Put…
Woodhull’s Human Rights Commission Releases Findings from Super Bowl Sex Trafficking Myths
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Woodhull’s Human Rights Commission Releases “Fact or Fiction: Sex Trafficking, Sex Work, and Human Rights at the Super Bowls” (Washington, DC / February 8, 2022) -- Woodhull Freedom Foundation, as part of its Human Rights Commissions program,…
Thomas E. Dobbs, M.D., M.P.H., in his Official Capacity as State Health Officer of Mississippi Department of Health, et al., Petitioners v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, et al.
Introduction and Summary of Argument People rely on this Court’s decisions. They rely on the stability of the law, as this Court rarely retrenches on past precedent regarding fundamental rights and equality. Respondents ably demonstrate that bedrock principles of stare…