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The Definitive History of Abortion in the U.S.

2022-07-122022-07-12

20 mins read

For the complete article see Reproductive Injustice in the New Millenium, and/or, William & Mary Journal of Women and the Law, Volume 20, Issue 1, Fall 2013 Until 1968, scholars…

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Reproductive Rights in the Era of Trump

2018-07-152025-02-27

34 mins read

A Look Back and a Peek Forward Sybil Shainwald, Esq. The Supreme Court’s decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, 136 S. Ct. 2292 (2016), decided in June of last…

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Women in Law: The Erosion of Reproductive Health Choices in the U.S. A Look Back and a Peek Forward

2017-04-162025-02-27

24 mins read

Introduction and History The Supreme Court’s decision last June in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, 136 S. Ct. 2292 (2016), was a significant victory for reproductive rights. That decision was…

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Sybil Shainwald’s Speech at the Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C. on 11/7/16

2016-11-282025-02-27

38 mins read

Justice Sandra Day O’Conner tells this joke: Two men on a balloon expedition became lost in a storm. When the storm cleared, they found themselves floating above a one-land road…

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Bans on Dilation & Evacuation Abortions

2015-05-072015-05-22

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Bans on “dilation & evacuation” (or D&E) abortions are the latest front in the states’ war against a woman’s right to have an abortion, which has been waged ever since…

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Pregnant, and No Civil Rights

2014-12-152015-05-22

5 mins read

A recent article in the New York Times exposed the horrific extent that states have gone to in an attempt to ban abortion by passing laws that criminalize pregnant women.…

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Notice of Public Hearing Re: State Single Payer Health Coverage

2014-12-102015-05-22

1 min read

There will be a public hearing to receive testimony concerning the New York Health bill to create single payer health coverage. The New York Health bill would provide comprehensive, universal…

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Castration: The Goldmine of American Medicine

2014-12-092015-05-22

31 mins read

The following is Sybil Shainwald's Keynote Speaker address given at the 27th Annual Hysterectomy Conference for Hysterectomy Educational Resources and Services (HERS). Castration: The Goldmine of Gynecology Introduction/Statistics Female castration…

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Sex Differences in Clinical Trials: Another Example of Inequality

2014-12-072015-05-22

31 mins read

The following is a speech given to a group of Columbia University Fellows on November 12, 2014. A PDF version of the entire article can be downloaded by clicking here.…

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Reproductive Injustice in the New Millennium

2014-10-032022-04-12

100 mins read

REPRODUCTIVE INJUSTICE IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM by SYBIL SHAINWALD* INTRODUCTION I. COMMON LAW, THE EARLY STATUTES, AND THE EMBERS OF REFORM A. Legal Abortions (c. 1250–1803) B. Abortion Becomes a…

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