A Legal History of Abortion in the US, Before and After Roe v. Wade
Listen back: Professor Daniel Medwed joined GBH’s Morning Edition to take a closer look at the history of Roe v. Wade and abortion law.
Listen back: Professor Daniel Medwed joined GBH’s Morning Edition to take a closer look at the history of Roe v. Wade and abortion law.
With a pandemic upon us, it doesn’t require compassion to ensure that our immigration policies don’t threaten public health, writes Professor Wendy Parmet. "It just requires common sense."
Any US version of GDPR would, in practice, be something of a GDPR-lite, writes Professor Woodrow Hartzog in a co-authored op-ed for Wired.
The latest issue of Northeastern Law magazine is now available online. The Winter ’20 issue, featuring a cover story on the social implications of technology and healthcare for civil rights and historically marginalized populations, includes articles on criminal justice reform, public health impact litigation and much more.
If we had easier and more affordable access to high-quality, evidence-based physical and mental health care, many, many fewer people would die, Jeremiah Goulka, a researcher and senior fellow at Northeastern Law’s Health in Justice Action Lab, tells Newsweek. "And it would also reduce the stigma toward seeking treatment for a lot of the problems that fall into the bucket of deaths of despair."
Professor Woodrow Hartzog says we need policymakers to pass laws that more effectively guard our privacy and give us control over our data. “Until then, we’re playing cat and mouse,” he tells The New York Times. “And that always ends poorly for the mouse.”
In a recent SCOTUSblog post, Professor Aziza Ahmed examines June Medical Services v. Gee - which raises questions similar to those in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt (2016) regarding targeted restrictions on abortion providers (TRAP) laws and admitting privileges.
In an op-ed for the Boston Globe, Professor Woodrow Hartzog argues in favor of a ban on facial recognition, calling it “the most dangerous surveillance technology ever invented.”
As part of its Black History Month celebrations, the National Disability Rights Network has produced a video tribute in in memory of Professor Hope Lewis: "Although Professor Lewis passed away in 2016, her continual efforts to protect the human and economic rights of impoverished/marginalized people still live on around the world through her legal research, teachings and prolific advocacy."