Abortion Foes Push to Narrow ‘Life of Mother’ Exceptions

“If there is no legalized way of abortion in these cases, many women are going to face very significant health problems and be desperate,” Professor Wendy Parmet tells The Washington Post. “And doctors are going to be put in untenable and unethical situations.”

She Pioneered the Sale of Breast Milk, Then Lost Everything

“[Nonprofit milk banks] are saddened by the idea that this product that they believe in very strongly and think would benefit a lot of babies would be less accessible if allocated on the basis of company profit rather than patient need,” Professor Kara Swanson, author of Banking on the Body,” tells The Washington Post. “In the history of U.S. medicine, there has never been enough banked breast milk for all the babies that might benefit.”

After 51 Years in Prison, Ramadan Shabazz Deserves his Freedom

“I really believe that clemency is so important and plays such an important role in our system,” says Mia Teitelbaum ’15, a partner at Shapiro and Teitelbaum and attorney for Ramadan Shabaz, who is petitioning the Parole Board to reduce his charge from first-degree murder to second-degree murder.