Jessica Mason Pieklo is a writer and adjunct law professor in Minneapolis/St. Paul Minnesota. She is the former Assistant Director of the Health Law Clinic at Hamline Law School with a background is in constitutional law, corporate governance and health law. .
After a three-day trial a federal judge declares North Dakota’s law banning medication abortion based on women’s safety based on a “contrived” concern.
Attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit in federal court to block Arkansas’ 12-week abortion ban.
A federal court finds that the state of Mississippi can’t enforce the provision of its TRAP law that mandates all doctors performing abortions have hospital admitting privileges.
Whether it’s the trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell or the birth control benefit, the radical right wing has shown it has no problems manipulating the law to push its agenda.
Sri Srinivasan’s judicial nomination to the D.C. Court of Appeals looks like it will move forward, but it’s not clear if that nomination will be a win for progressives. Unfortunately, the process is so broken that there’s no good way to tell.
Science trumps ideology in the emergency contraception decision. Meanwhile, the depths of the anti-choice domestic terror network in Kansas become clearer.
Women’s health and advocacy organizations help show the Obama administration that support for the birth control benefit far outweighs opposition to it.
One hospital worker’s story reflects a larger truth: low-wage workers are especially vulnerable to employment discrimination.
While the Supreme Court took up marriage equality, the NRA and anti-abortion groups joined forces to block an important judicial appointment.
The failed nomination of Caitlin Halligan brought to attention the shared interests between anti-choice groups and the NRA.
