Federally Funding Incomplete Care
These days it seems like all I hear about are the twin crises of budget and healthcare, so I wasn’t surprised when one of my very first assignments this summer at LSRJ was to research religious...
View ArticleReality bites…and yet.
Three years later, the elusive Connie Criminal is still coming to me for legal advice. Patti Plaintiff and Don Defendant are up to their old tricks. Bob’s still buying. Sam’s still selling. The Land...
View ArticleIncarceration’s Effects on Communities
I have been interning at LSRJ for over a month now, and it has been a great learning experience, even though much of what I have learned makes me simultaneously sick to my stomach and incredulous that...
View ArticleReforming health care reform
which is welcome news to millions of un- or under-insured Americans. Under the current system, women who purchase their own coverage already pay more then men – sometimes up to 50% more. As...
View ArticleAlways Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide?
Ever since I first learned about “conscience clauses,” which allow medical providers to refuse to provide medical treatment or referrals based on their own personal beliefs, they have fascinated me. I...
View ArticleA Woman’s Right to Choose…How Much?
My support of the right of women to obtain abortions has always sprung from my belief that women (and people in general) should have the utmost control over what happens to their bodies. This belief...
View ArticleAnd Then There’s Maude
At Comic Con this year, “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane revealed that Fox would not be airing an episode of the new season focused on abortion. As previous references to abortion on the show...
View ArticleHelp Me Help You
The reproductive rights movement was founded by women and originally fought for issues men ignored, like a woman’s right to determine the timing and spacing of her children. Reproductive justice,...
View ArticleThe “ENDA” Discrimination?
The beginning of my second year of law school also marks the beginning of my search for a job for the summer after my second year of law school. Because of the uncertainty of the economy, job...
View ArticleLeadership Institute Day 1: Getting Inspired and Getting Organized
Inspiring. Motivating. Invigorating. These are all words that can be used to describe the vibe at Day 1 of the 2010 Leadership Institute. With a national cast of law students from a variety of...
View ArticleVlogging for Reproductive Justice
Mangala Kanayson, LSRJ Summer Intern (’15, Emory University School of Law) On June 14th, fellow summer intern Kaitlin Morrison and I attended the ACCESS Women’s Health Justice fundraiser to support...
View ArticleScalia, Semiotics, and Same-Sex Marriage
Courtney Fraser, LSRJ Summer Intern (’15, University of California, Berkeley Law School) The whole internet was an envelope this morning, and I did NOT want to open it. Like seeing the letter from your...
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