State courts continue to debate whether a state’s constitution recognizes a right to “liberty of privacy” or personal autonomy that would encompass the right to make personal health care decisions, including abortion....more
10/15/2024
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Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
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Women's Rights
On Friday, June 14, the Texas Supreme Court declined to consider a case that asked the Court to determine whether frozen embryos are persons or property under Texas law....more
6/18/2024
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Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
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Life Sciences ,
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Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
Roe v Wade ,
Sperm Donors ,
TX Supreme Court ,
Women's Rights
In response to the recent turmoil caused by the Alabama Supreme Court’s February 16th ruling in LePage et al., v. The Center for Reproductive Medicine et al. and Burdick-Aysenne et al., v. The Center for Reproductive Medicine...more
3/14/2024
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Human Embryos ,
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Women's Rights ,
Wrongful Death
On November 7, 2023, the citizens of the state of Ohio voted to codify reproductive rights, including the right to abortion, in the state constitution.
In 2019, Ohio banned nearly all abortions once fetal cardiac...more
11/14/2023
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Constitutional Amendment ,
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
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State Constitutions ,
Women's Rights
The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization one year ago overturned 50 years of legal precedent protecting the constitutional right to abortion in the United States, leaving the question of...more
During the past several turbulent weeks for the U.S. health care system, rulings in the case Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA have called into question the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA’s”) scientific...more