National Criminal Abortion Before the Fourteenth Amendment The case for prenatal personhood being accepted by state legislatures by 1868 has a solid foundation.
National Do Legally-Induced Abortions Save or Kill More Women Per Year? Based on the overwhelming evidence from numerous medical professionals, the number of women’s lives saved by legally-induced abortions is statistically negligible, if not outright zero.
National The History of Prenatal Child Support in the United States What exactly is “prenatal child support”? In the general sense, it includes any expenses the father or his estate are directed to pay or reimburse for some duration of the mother’s pregnancy and the birth of the child...
Commentary The History of June Medical Services v. Russo: Admitting Privileges and Abortion Clinics Effective September 1, 2014, this five-page legislation aimed to provide additional regulations and requirements for physicians, expand informed consent regarding chemical abortions, and to provide penalties for violations.
National A Discussion of Prenatal Child Support Laws I had never heard of the concept of prenatal child support before reading HB 481. This made me wonder if the concept already exists in any other states, and, if so, how frequent is it?
Commentary Examination of Maternal Liability for Fetal Demise Can a woman be found guilty for the death of her unborn child? This debate has actually waged for several decades within state legislatures and courtrooms until it just recently came to the attention of the media and the general public.
National Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction Against Georgia’s LIFE Act Georgia is the most recent state in a wave of “fetal heartbeat” legislation to be blocked in part or in whole by preliminary injunctions.
World New South Wales Parliament Passes Abortion Law Reform Act After several minor amendments to the second print of the Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill, both houses of Parliament passed the final version on September 26, 2019.
Commentary The Four Manners of Death in Pregnancy Though death can arrive in countless ways, it only does so by one of four manners: natural, homicidal, suicidal, or accidental.
World Analysis of New South Wales’s Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill The Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill is legislation in New South Wales, Australia, and has been made to address several topics surrounding abortion.
National The Legal Implications of Alabama v. Jones Can a woman be charged for her unborn child’s death in a physical altercation she initiated?
National Analysis of Georgia’s Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act Georgia’s Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act (1) is legislation to address the topics of abortion, personhood, income taxes, and familial relationships. It belongs to the wave of legislation commonly called “fetal heartbeat bills.”
National Analysis of Rhode Island’s Reproductive Privacy Act Rhode Island’s Reproductive Privacy Act (1) is legislation to address the topic of abortion, signed by Governor Gina M. Raimondo (D) on June 19th, 2019. Many publications have reached different conclusions on the meanings of various passages.