Karl, a PhD and lecturer at MIT, gave birth to both of his children—and despite being the one with the baby bump, he was routinely asked to wait outside while…
Tag: reproductive rights
Who Are Instagram’s Infertility Influencers Really Helping?
In the minutes and hours after learning about my first miscarriage during a routine ultrasound, my senses sharpened to the physical details around me: the blossoming warmth of May in…
How a Telemedicine Abortion Provider Is Bracing for Post-Roe Life
People do need to be in the state during the consultation and to receive the medication. But it would allow them to get it at a location that would be…
The Fall of Roe Would Put Big Tech in a Bind
In April 2017, Latice Fisher, a woman from Mississippi, arrived at a hospital suffering from a miscarriage. She was later indicted on a charge of second-degree murder. Prosecutors used her…
How to Protect Your Digital Privacy if Roe v. Wade Falls
While it may be increasingly important for people in the US to consciously consider what they’re posting when it comes to their own abortions or those of loved ones, Hayley…
The Roe v. Wade Opinion Is Not the First Supreme Court Leak
I once wrote a law review article about scandals at the United States Supreme Court. I sent a copy of it to a Supreme Court justice. That justice was Samuel…
Tech Companies Are Not Ready for a Post-Roe Era
The digital revolution came of age when legal abortion was the default. As a result, Silicon Valley companies have never had to seriously grapple with the criminalization of abortion access…
Is Leaking a SCOTUS Opinion a Crime? The Law Is Far From Clear
“Legal scholarship provides little clarity regarding § 641’s interpretation; only a few scholars have even recognized § 641’s application to information,” reads a Columbia Law Review article about the statute’s…