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A New Feminist Approach to the Law of Pregnancy

Dec 19 2023
By Jennifer Hendricks, author of Essentially a Mother: A Feminist Approach to the Law of Pregnancy and MotherhoodWhen the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and abolished the right to abortion, the court trivialized pregnancy and its impact on women’s lives. Nowhere in its opinion did the
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The Different States of Motherhood

May 15 2023
Recognizing and honoring the unique and different aspects of being a mother in 2023While Mother's Day is a time for mothers across the globe to be celebrated, it is equally important to take into account the issues that society and policies have enacted that put mother's in a position to make di
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