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S.B. 8 deprives healthcare rights for women

S.B. 8 deprives healthcare rights for women

Sehar Macan-Markar September 15, 2021

How the Texas bill threatens women’s health and safety For almost five decades, the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision in 1973 has upheld women’s rights to have an abortion up until 24 weeks...

Texas’ Heartbeat Act

Texas’ Heartbeat Act

Eddie Daou September 14, 2021

What is Texas’ new abortion law? A controversial new law in Texas banning most abortions after six weeks went into effect on Sept. 1. The Texas Heartbeat Act, S.B. 8, bans abortions once any cardiac...

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Lecture series event inspires conversations about women in law

Nenagh Sheehan October 20, 2020

Doneene Keemer Damon ’89, the first Black woman president and director of the Delaware law firm Richards, Layton & Finger, spoke about her law career via Zoom to St. Joe’s students, faculty and...

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A Seat at the Table: An Ode to the Notorious R.B.G.

Tayler Washington September 22, 2020

Countless Redbubble stickers featuring Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s quotes about women deserving a place in politics line women’s laptops across the country, an indication of the countless barriers...

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