Youth Abortion Rights
In October 2021, New Orleans Juvenile Court Judge Tammy Stewart granted a Louisiana teenager’s request to be allowed to have an abortion. As Caroline Reilly writes, with the help of Louisiana Right to Life, her mother then sued the State…
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…
Abortion is a Disability Issue
Usually, when folks with disabilities are mentioned in conversations about abortion, it’s in reference to birth defects. As Samantha Chavarria writes, such conversations are dominated by anti-abortion advocates’ weaponization of the disability community’s valid fears about eugenics. The anti-abortion movement…
