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A Modest Defense of Privacy
The story of the conservative backlash that Roe v. Wade triggered is well known. Less familiar is the pro-choice criticism that the decision elicited. In truth, even among liberals and feminists, the Supreme Court’s decision to ground the right to abortion in a constitutional “right of privacy”…“Pieces of a Woman,” COVID-19, and the Elusiveness of a Good Birth in the United States
This blog post contains mild spoilers for the film “Pieces of a Woman.” In the Netflix original film “Pieces of a Woman,” the protagonist, Martha copes with the aftermath of a disastrous home birth. While the movie is striking in its acting and its dramatization of a real-life experience of…Consenting to Unwanted Sex: A Sociolegal Perspective
This writing is adapted from a comprehensive empirical research study entitled “Power, agency, and emotion work: American college women’s reflections on their heterosexual lives,” as part of a PhD program at the University of Edinburgh Law School. “What if I say no to him and he gets really mad? What…MJGL Volume 27 Issue 2 is Here!
Volume 27 Issue 2 of the Michigan Journal of Gender & Law can be found here, at the University of Michigan Law Library Repository. Here’s a look at the pieces inside the most current MJGL issue: Articles: World Peace and Gender Equality: Addressing…An Intersectional Approach to the Internal Protection Alternative for Asylum
In April 2006, the Refugee Protection Division of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada considered the asylum case of Erika Cardenas Parrales, a lesbian from Mexico who suffered years of persecution due to her sexuality.1See Parrales v. Canada (Minister of…Life Cycle of the Journal (Pt. II)
This is one blog post in a series about law journals written by Michigan Journal of Gender & Law. The goal of the series is to ‘demystify’ law journals, something that many first-year law students, especially those who are first generation and haven’t had many opportunities to interact with…Life Cycle of the Journal (Pt. I)
This is one blog post in a series about law journals written by Michigan Journal of Gender & Law. The goal of the series is to ‘demystify’ law journals, something that many first-year law students, especially those who are first generation and haven’t had many opportunities to interact with the…To Join a Journal or Not to Join a Journal
This is one blog post in a series about law journals written by Michigan Journal of Gender & Law. The goal of the series is to ‘demystify’ law journals, something that many first-year law students, especially those who are first generation and haven’t had many opportunities to interact with…
June Medical Services & the Supreme Court’s Evolving Abortion Jurisprudence
Earlier this summer, the Supreme Court rendered the most recent decision in its abortion jurisprudence.1June Med. Servs. v. Russo, 140 S. Ct. 2103 (2020). Yet June Medical Services (“JMS”) has, in a sense, taken us back in time. In Planned Parenthood…
Title VII Should Include Sexual Orientation
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex and national origin.1Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e (1964). The Supreme Court of the…