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Roe, Judicial Review, and the Myth of Abortion as a Constitutional Outlier

By Eric SegallIn Roe v. Wade, seven Supreme Court Justices signed on to an opinion detailing the substantial burdens on women and their families of abortion bans and balanced those harms against the states’ interest in the health of the … Continue reading

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Alabama Passes Restrictive Abortion Law; Other States Have Also

The Alabama legislature yesterday gave final passage to House Bill 314 (full text), which criminalizes the performance of abortions at any stage of pregnancy, except in cases of serious health risk to the mother, ectopic pregnancy or lethal anomaly in … Continue reading

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Kansas Supreme Court Strikes Down D&E Abortion Ban

In Hodes & Nauser MCs, P.A. v. Schmidt, (KA Sip. Ct., April 26, 2019), the Kansas Supreme Court by a 6-1 vote upheld the trial court's injunction against the enforcement of S.B. 95 which bans, with limited exceptions, dilation and evacuation … Continue reading

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Kansas Supreme Court Finds Fundamental Right to Abortion Under State Constitution

Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law In its extensive opinion in Hodes & Nauser v. Schmidt, the Supreme Court of Kansas held that the right to abortion in protected under its state constitution and… … Continue reading

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Ohio's Fetal Abortion Ban Is Latest In Roe v. Wade Battle

From The New York Times: Ohio on Thursday became the latest state to ban abortion at the first signs of a fetal heartbeat, the latest front in the decades-long campaign by conservatives to overturn Roe v. Wade. The new measure,… … Continue reading

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