Abortion Restrictions and Women’s Liberty: Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt ( Pregnancy Justice and the NYU Law School Reproductive Justice Clinic organized and filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of 14 organizations in this pivotal case challenging Texas laws that would have undermined the right to choose abortion and severely restricted women’s access to abortion services in that state.
Whole Woman’s Health (US Supreme Court)
U.S. Supreme Court: Whole Woman’s Health
U.S. Supreme Court: Whole Woman's Health
January 05, 2016
Brief of Amici Curiae Pregnancy Justice and organizations that advance pregnant and parenting women's and families' rights in support of Whole Woman's Health (01/05/2015)
Toward a “Pro Lives” Perspective that Values the Lives of Pregnant Women and the Well-Being of Our Nation
By Jeanne Flavin and Lynn Paltrow
(This commentary appears on Mobilizing Ideas a production of The Center for the Study of Social Movements at the University of Notre Dame)
As other contributors to this series have observed, “pro life” and “pro choice” do not adequately capture the dimensions and diversity of opinions and experiences that people have with regard to abortion and, as we will make clear, a whole lot more.
Testimony To the South Dakota Task Force to Study Abortion
September 22, 2005
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In September of 2005, Pregnancy Justice had an extraordinary opportunity to test the theory that by building on the lessons learned from our clients, our concurrent work on drug policy reform, and Terry McGovern's research on building grassroots pro-choice activism, we could begin to go on the offensive in our efforts to advance reproductive and social justice in America.