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Wake Forest Law Professor Meghan Boone (@ProfessorBoone) an expert on reproductive rights, was recently quoted in "One Texas case shows why women can’t rely on legal exceptions to abortion bans."
Read more here: vox.com/23997727/kate-cox-te…
My recent Essay in @VirginiaJSPL - about the centrality of violence in pregnancy - emerged from the a-mazing "Centering Family Violence in Family Law Roundtable," at @UVALaw last January - where it was surprisingly (to me!) controversial. vasocialpolicy.org/ 1/x
Also - the student editors at @VirginiaJSPL were legitimately some of the best I've worked with. Organized, communicative, and absolutely made the piece better with their suggestions. 3/x
And if you've made it this far, I'd love to know.... would you agree that the *physical* experience of pregnancy is always/often/sometimes/or never violent? 4/end
Enjoying this great panel on “Criminalizing Family” at #SEALS2023 with @cynthia_godsoe Carla Laroche, Laura Matthews-Jolly, Claire Donohue, Lucy Johnston-Walsh, and moderates by Keeshea Turner Roberts
I’ve been saying for decades that women would be imprisoned for abortions—they are in prison already for stillbirths, miscarriages & other pregnancy-related crimes—& anti-abortion advocates kept denying they would be so cruel. The gloves are off. nytimes.com/2023/07/20/us/ce…
BREAKING new data from @FiveThirtyEight:
There were almost 94,000 fewer abortions in states that implemented bans post-Dobbs, just between July and March.
Almost 100k affected and that's not even the full year. fivethirtyeight.com/features…
I am SO excited to be hosting, alongside @RRebouche, The Future of Reproductive Justice Scholarship Workshop & Symposium at Wake Forest June 22-23. Although the 1st day will be closed door meetings, the 2nd day is open to the public (with registration). wfu.law/RRSymp.