Birthing While Incarcerated
Prisons and jails are not safe and healthy places; they are, by design, the site of unthinkable abuse and inhumane conditions. Pregnant people on the inside acutely experience the violence of incarceration. Every year, an estimated 58,000 pregnant people are…
The Human Right to Childcare
Childcare, one of the most important elements of our society, is inaccessible for many and unguaranteed for all. In the U.S., childcare is not viewed as a vital public service and has been relegated to private industry, which has not…
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…
Woodhull Announces Human Rights Commissions
Woodhull Freedom Foundation is excited to announce the launch of a brand new project, Woodhull’s Human Rights Commissions. It is fitting to announce this new program on Human Rights Day, 2021 as the Commissions will mirror the theme for the…
Caring for Trans Youth
On October 19, 2021, Ohio Republicans introduced H.B. 454, the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (or “SAFE”) Act. Molly Sprayregen notes that the bill that would punish medical professionals for providing gender-affirming care—including hormone treatments and puberty blockers, even with parental…
