Abortion bans could mean more people are jailed for miscarriages
"The criminalization of Black women in pregnancy is something that dated back to the 1980s," (Michele Goodwin)
Abortion Pills May Force States and the FDA Into a Standoff
"In over 230 years of Supreme Court jurisprudence, and the practice of law and rule of law, it has always been that federal laws and regulations govern the laws of our nation," (Michele Goodwin)
Supreme Court Term in Review: Experts Warn of a Court Coming for Your Rights
"This week, Michele Goodwin at Ms. hosted six law and women’s rights experts at the University of California Irvine (UCI) School of Law to discuss the Supreme Court’s latest year of impactful rulings—including: Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned 49-year-old federal abortion protections in Roe v. Wade; New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, which struck down a 111-year-old state protection requiring gun owners to show “proper cause” for concealed carry licenses; West Virginia v. EPA, which ruled the agency has no executive jurisdiction to regulate certain greenhouse gas emissions; and more." (Michele Goodwin)
Women of Color Will Face More Criminalized Pregnancies in Post-‘Roe’ America
"This was a significant misstep of the reproductive rights movement," (Michele Goodwin)
‘We need to provide this care’: Doctor blasts GOP abortion bans
"Indiana OB-GYN Dr. Caitlin Bernard joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss a Republican law in Ohio reportedly forcing a 10-year-old rape victim to cross state lines to receive an abortion. Reproductive rights expert [and UCI Chancellor’s Professor of law] Michele Goodwin also joins the conversation." (Michele Goodwin)
In a Post-Roe World, More Miscarriage and Stillbirth Prosecutions Await Women
"These women came in seeking prenatal care, thinking ‘I can speak honestly to my doctor so that I can have a healthy life and a healthy pregnancy,’" (Michele Goodwin)
In a post-Roe world, more miscarriage and stillbirth prosecutions await women
"These women were doing what they’re told to do—to get prenatal care," (Michele Goodwin)
“I Was Raped by My Father. Abortion Saved My Life”: Prof. Michele Goodwin on SCOTUS & the New Jane Crow
"That’s right. I mean, as a general matter, we should all be horrified, because as a general matter, Black women are the canaries in the coal mine." (Michele Goodwin)
“A Devastating Ruling”: Law Prof. Michele Goodwin & SCOTUS Attorney Kitty Kolbert on Overturning Roe
"It does not center — in all of its claimed originalism, in all of its claimed textualism, interestingly enough, it avoids the 13th Amendment." (Michele Goodwin)
Doctors weren’t considered in Dobbs, but now they’re on abortion’s legal front lines
"That would be one thing if, in fact, these were very risky procedures that led to high rates of mortality, but, in fact, it's just the opposite," (Michele Goodwin)
