Youth Abortion Rights
In October 2021, New Orleans Juvenile Court Judge Tammy Stewart granted a Louisiana teenager’s request to be allowed to have an abortion. As Caroline Reilly writes, with the help of Louisiana Right to Life, her mother then sued the State…
Teresa Buchanan v. F. King Alexander, Damon Andrew, A.G. Monaco, and Gaston Reinoso
SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT For more than half a century, this Court has repeatedly discussed the importance of academic freedom to our nation as a whole, and specifically within the framework of First Amendment jurisprudence. The Court has highlighted the importance…
Caring for Trans Youth
On October 19, 2021, Ohio Republicans introduced H.B. 454, the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (or “SAFE”) Act. Molly Sprayregen notes that the bill that would punish medical professionals for providing gender-affirming care—including hormone treatments and puberty blockers, even with parental…
Should Our Tax Dollars Fund Discrimination?
In 2015, Elizabeth Hunter started attending Bob Jones University, a Christian liberal arts university located in Greenville, South Carolina. She enrolled at BJU because she believed that her parents, who are Christian fundamentalists, would only permit her to attend a…
SMYAL Series: Self-Care for Self Preservation
Self Care for Self Preservation encompasses self-care radical history and what that looks like in the midst of the pandemic, navigating grief, and understanding how to not fall for corporate self-care.