The Long Shadow of Eugenics in America

“There’s a huge movement all across the country to look at historical wrongs, including forced sterilization, and to consider what needs to be done now in order to redress them,” Professor Margaret Burnham, founder and director of Northeastern Law’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project, tells The New York Times Magazine. “I think this is really the question of the 21st century.”

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.”

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.”