RBG’s Human Rights Legacy

In a co-authored blog for the American Constitution Society (ACS), Professor Martha Davis, highlights Justice Ginsburg’s human rights-based approaches to equality as a “critical aspect of her legacy.”

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.”

Most Abortions Are Done at Home. Antiabortion Groups Are Taking Aim.

“So many states in the abortion arena have been playing with misinformation like this, relying on the antiabortion movement instead of medical professionals and what the science shows,” Professor Wendy Parmet, co-director of Northeastern Law’s Center for Health Policy and Law tells The Washington Post. “Some states have required physicians say it causes breast cancer — which is also false.”