Intersection of Domestic Violence & Reproductive Justice – Where Do the Delineations Fall?

Discussion of how living in a Post Roe America after the US Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs – overturning 50 years of legal precedent on abortion – sending it back for individual states to determine. How this decision has negatively affected pregnant women, especially those living in abusive conditions across the country, and specifically in states that have severe restrictions on reproductive healthcare access. Where mortality statistics now show: it is now 3 times more dangerous for pregnant women living in abusive conditions where states are setting abortion laws; how data now reveals increased maternal mortality during pregnancy, or shortly after the birth of the child.

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Post Roe: A Federal Solution in the Making…?

Will Women’s Healthcare Clinics on Federal Lands, be a Post-Roe Reality in 2022 and Beyond? Mary Kay Elloian, MBA, JD, Esq   [Subscribe to TheLegalEdition on Substack for more articles and information!] July 15, 2022 When doctors have to call their lawyers before giving care – we are in an…

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Crisis at the US Southern Border: Migrants, Mothers & Medical Care

April 12, 2021 – The date has changed, but the migration situation continues from Trump, to the Biden administration. Once again, the US Southern Border is deluged with migrants from nations referred to as the “Northern Triangle Countries of Central America” – namely, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. To make…

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Crisis at the Border – Migrants, Motherhood & Medical Care

Guest is Denice Labertew. She is a women’s rights advocate, professor, and former US envoy to foreign states – providing policy guidance to protect the rights of women and girls. Her work includes negotiating regulations in the Violence Against Women Act, and advocating for human rights at the recent UN Universal Periodic Review – on the US Treatment of migrant women and girls detained at the US/Mexican border.

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