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VelshiSignal Chat Scandal & Trump v Courts ContinuesMelissa Murray is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), fmr. FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School Leah Litman, Professor of Philosophy at Yale University Jason Stanley, White House Correspondent with The New York Times Luke Broadwater, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Associate Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh Greer Donley, Professor of Law at Drexel University David Cohen
2025-03-291h 21
Taboo TradesValuing Reproductive Loss with Jill Wieber LensMy guest today is Jill Lens, who serves as the Dorothy M. Willie Professor in Excellence at the University of Iowa school of law. Professor Lens is a leading legal expert in reproductive justice and rights, with a particular focus on the legal treatment of stillbirth and pregnancy more generally. Her research is inspired by her son Caleb’s stillbirth in 2017, when she was 37 weeks pregnant. She joins us today to discuss her recent paper, “Valuing Reproductive Loss," published in 2023 by the Georgetown Law Journal and coauthored with Dov Fox. That paper explores the tension betwe...2024-11-021h 01
The Upstate Trail TalksOn the Trail with: GVL County Soil and Water Conservation DistrictThis week on The Upstate Trail Talks, Griffin is joined by GVL County's Stormwater Programs Coordinator and GVL native, Abbi Greer! Abbi shares a bit about her time growing up here as well as what we can do as residents to help conserve The Upstate's wonderful natural resources!DISCLAIMER: This interview was recorded prior Hurricane Helene - otherwise we would've had a lot more questions for our expert!2024-10-1632 min
CORRECT with Ryan HamiltonGreer Donley - Episode 4Professor Greer Donley is a national expert on abortion and the law. Donley has published widely and been quoted extensively in the media, especially on topics related to medication abortion, interjurisdictional abortion conflicts, and the impact of abortion bans on other aspects of reproductive healthcare.
Donley’s scholarly works have been published in the Stanford Law Review, Columbia Law Review, Cornell Law Review, Vanderbilt Law Review, and Minnesota Law Review. Her popular writing often appears in the New York Times, the Atlantic, the Washington Post, and Slate. Her paper, The New Abortion Battleground, co-authored with David S. Cohen and Rachel Re...2024-08-1331 min
rePROs Fight BackWant to Stay Hopeful in the Ongoing Fight for Repro? These Leaders Share Their InspirationThis week, we are doing things a little differently! We hear from advocates, medical providers, leaders, and researchers, who tell us about their strategies, reflections, hopes, and joys during the ongoing fight for sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice.Guests featured in this episode include: Jennie Wetter, Director of rePROs Fight BackDr. Monica McLemore, Professor of Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing at the University of Washington and Director of the Manning Price Spratlen Center for Anti-Racism and Equity in NursingDr. Diane Horvath2024-07-1629 min
rePROs Fight BackThe 150-Year-Old Law that Could Impact Abortion Pill Access TodayThe Comstock Act, a 150-year-old law named after “anti-vice” crusader Anthony Comstock, passed in 1873. It allowed enforcement power to investigate the U.S. mail for items of an “illicit,” “lewd,” or “immoral” purpose, including items related to abortion. Greer Donley, Associate Professor and Reproductive Justice Scholar at University of Pittsburgh Law School, sits down to talk with us about the Comstock Act—what is it, what it means, and how anti-abortion activists are working to revive it. Today, the courts are packed with extreme conservative judges and Trump-appointees who maintain a vested interest in maintaining the act as a strate...2024-03-2633 min
KFF Health News' 'What the Health?'Alabama’s IVF Ruling Still Making WavesLawmakers in Congress and state legislatures are scrambling to react to the ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court that frozen embryos created for in vitro fertilization are legally children. Abortion opponents are divided among themselves, with some supporting full “personhood” for fertilized eggs, while others support IVF as a moral way to have children.Rachel Cohrs of Stat, Riley Griffin of Bloomberg News, and Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins University schools of nursing and public health and Politico Magazine join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.Also this w...2024-02-2947 min
Law on FilmNever Rarely Sometimes Always (Guest: Alexa Kolbi-Molinas) (episode 14)Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020) centers on the struggles faced by 17-year-old Autumn Callahan (Sidney Flanigan) to obtain an abortion after learning that she’s pregnant. Autumn travels from her small town in central Pennsylvania to New York City, where she seeks to obtain the abortion, accompanied by her cousin Skylar (Talia Ryder). Autumn and Skylar must overcome a series of obstacles and persevere in what is ultimately a traumatizing experience. Written and directed by Eliza Hittman, the film was released in the twilight of the Roe/Casey era, the nearly 50-year period when abortion was recognized as a constitutional ri...2023-11-071h 00
The Briefing with Albert MohlerTuesday, June 27, 2023This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 - 13:29)Theory, Movement, Politics? How Did Dobbs (And Roe’s Reversal) Arise?: The Conservative Legal Movement Behind the Decision and the Left’s New ResponseWhy the Supreme Court Really Killed Roe v. Wade by Politico (Robert L. Tsai and Mary Ziegler)Part II (13:29 - 20:10)SCOTUS Should Be More Political?: Arguments Over the Role of the Supreme Court in America AboundWe Need to Talk About Overturning the Dobbs Decision by New York Times ( David S. Cohen, Greer Donley, and...2023-06-2724 min
The latest episodes from More PerfectPart 2: If Not Viability, Then What?Now that the “viability line” in pregnancy — as defined by Roe v. Wade — is no longer federal law, lawmakers and lawyers are coming up with new frameworks for abortion access at a dizzying rate. In this second part of our series, More Perfect asks: what if abortion law wasn’t shaped by men at the Supreme Court, but instead by people who know what it’s like to be pregnant, to have abortions, and to lose pregnancies? We hear from women on the front lines of the next legal battle over abortion in America.
Voices in the episode incl...2023-06-1535 min
More PerfectPart 2: If Not Viability, Then What?Now that the “viability line” in pregnancy — as defined by Roe v. Wade — is no longer federal law, lawmakers and lawyers are coming up with new frameworks for abortion access at a dizzying rate. In this second part of our series, More Perfect asks: what if abortion law wasn’t shaped by men at the Supreme Court, but instead by people who know what it’s like to be pregnant, to have abortions, and to lose pregnancies? We hear from women on the front lines of the next legal battle over abortion in America.
Voices in the episode incl...2023-06-1535 min
We the PeopleThe Legality of Abortion PillsLast Friday, judges in Texas and Washington state handed down conflicting decisions on the legality of abortion medication pills. In Texas, a district judge invalidated the FDA’s decades-old approval of the widely used drug mifepristone. Late this Wednesday, the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit partially overruled that decision by allowing mifepristone to remain available, but temporarily prevented it from being sent to by mail and limited its approved use to the first seven weeks of pregnancy. Meanwhile, in Washington state, a district judge ordered the FDA to not rollback mifepristone’s approval while litigation over the drug...2023-04-1451 min
cmdX anDre Articles "Law of WE "podcastThe Legality of Abortion PillsLast Friday, judges in Texas and Washington state handed down conflicting decisions on the legality of abortion medication pills. In Texas, a district judge invalidated the FDA’s decades-old approval of the widely used drug mifepristone. Late this Wednesday, the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit partially overruled that decision by allowing mifepristone to remain available, but temporarily prevented it from being sent to by mail and limited its approved use to the first seven weeks of pregnancy. Meanwhile, in Washington state, a district judge ordered the FDA to not rollback mifepristone’s approval while litigation over the drug is o...2023-04-1451 min
rePROs Fight BackThe FDA Just Made it Easier to Access Medication Abortion (Some Exceptions May Apply)Recently, the Food and Drug Administration announced that retail pharmacies in the US would be able to receive certification to dispense medication abortion drugs. Greer Donley, Associate Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, sits down to talk with us about the FDA’s recent changes to regulations around medication abortion, including the current status of access, possible challenges, and how far these new changes really go. Since the FDA approval of mifepristone—one of two medications currently used in a medication abortion—in 2000, access has been harshly regulated. Usually...2023-01-2435 min
Feminist BuzzkillsIt's Raining Abobo Pills, Hallelujah!Full episode transcript HERE.NEW YEAR, NEW POD DROP, AND NEW BULLSHIT TO POP OFF ABOUT! Your favorite Feminist Buzzkills are back and while we are sadly disappointed that we have not been nominated for Speaker Of The House, we’re forging ahead with a stellar FIRST PODCAST OF 2023! We’re ringing in the new year with ALL the abobo tea you and your uterus need to know, like this week’s FDA announcement about pharmacies being able to dispense medication abortion with a prescription. AND WAIT, THERE’S MORE! The post o...2023-01-071h 12
POLITICO's Pulse CheckExperts pinpoint problems with the FDA's tobacco programThe FDA’s tobacco regulatory decision-making process is so slow and opaque that it’s ineffective, say legal, industry and public health experts appearing before an outside panel conducting a commissioner-mandated review of the program. Katherine Ellen Foley talks with Ben Leonard. Plus, Greer Donley, a professor specializing in reproductive health care at the University of Pittsburgh Law School, breaks down what the FDA’s stance on doctors prescribing abortion pills to people who aren’t yet pregnant means in practice.
2022-11-0209 min
DeconstructedWhat’s It Like to Be a Red-State Abortion Doctor Post-Roe?The Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the precedents set by Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which established the right to abortion in the U.S., has created a chaotic legal situation as conservative states rush to ban the procedure. On this week’s show, Vanessa A. Bee talks with Idaho physician Caitlin Gustafson, an advocate with Physicians for Reproductive Health, and University of Pittsburgh Law School professor Greer Donley about the future of abortion in red-state America.https://join.theintercept.com/donate/now Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...2022-08-2629 min
SRHM PodcastWhat just happened?: Abortion in the U.S. after RoeOn June 24, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Roe v. Wade and thus removed constitutional protection for abortion rights in the country. This decision will hurt millions of people – especially those who already face discriminatory obstacles to health care. In response, we recorded this episode of the SRHM Podcast to better understand the situation in the U.S. right now and the implications of this milestone ruling.
The conversation is moderated by Mindy Jane Roseman, Director of International Law Programs at Yale Law, the Director of the Gruber Program for Global Justice and Women’s Righ...2022-07-0536 min
The NewsWorthySpecial Edition: What’s Next in a Post-Roe America**We are releasing this episode one day early due to the breaking news** It’s official: The U.S. Supreme Court released its ruling Friday that overturns Roe v. Wade, which had guaranteed a woman’s right to an abortion for nearly 50 years. Now, it’ll be up to the states to decide whether to ban or restrict abortions. We’ve been expecting this decision ever since a draft opinion was leaked back in May. But today, we’re asking: what happens next? Attorney Greer Donley tells us she expects "chaos” and “confusion" and is sharing the potential legal...2022-06-2415 minThe NewsWorthySpecial Edition: What’s Next in a Post-Roe America**We are releasing this episode one day early due to the breaking news** It’s official: The U.S. Supreme Court released its ruling Friday that overturns Roe v. Wade, which had guaranteed a woman’s right to an abortion for nearly 50 years. Now, it’ll be up to the states to decide whether to ban or restrict abortions. We’ve been expecting this decision ever since a draft opinion was leaked back in May. But today, we’re asking: what happens next? Attorney Greer Donley tells us she expects "chaos” and “confusion" and is sharing the potential legal...2022-06-2415 min
Legal Face-offKreis and Donley on LGBTQ, Civil Rights and the SCOTUS Leak, Reilly on Chicago Casino Plan, and much more
University of Pittsburgh Law School Assistant Professor of Law Greer Donley discusses the future of civil liberties and other consequences if Roe is repealed.
Georgia State University College of Law Assistant Professor of Law Anthony Michael Kreis joins Legal Face-Off to discuss the future of LGBTQ rights if Roe v. Wade is overturned.
Chicago 42nd Ward Alderman Brendan Reilly discusses the latest with Chicago’s casino development plan.
In the Legal Grab Bag, Tina, Rich and Joe are joined by McDermott Will & Emery Partner Bill Donovan and Axios Chicago Reporter Justin Kaufmann to dis...2022-05-1800 min
Strict ScrutinyWhat's next in a post-Roe worldKate and Leah spend some additional time on possible fallout from a Dobbs opinion overruling or eviscerating Roe. They interview two people with insight on what we can expect in a post-Roe world. Diana Greene Foster is a professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences and a researcher on reproductive health at UCSF. She's also the author of The Turnaway Study: Ten Years, a Thousand Women, and the Consequences of Having--Or Being Denied--An Abortion [3:14]. And Greer Donley is an assistant professor at University of Pittsburgh Law, and one of the three authors of the extremely topical and...2022-05-161h 14
Ipse DixitGreer Donley on Contraceptive EquityIn this episode, Greer Donley, Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, discusses her article "Contraceptive Equity: Curing the Sex Discrimination in the ACA's Mandate," which is published in the Alabama Law Review, and was the winner of the 2019-2020 Haub Law Emerging Scholar Award in Women, Gender & Law. Donley begins by explaining what she means by "contraceptive equity," reflecting on the fact that health policy tends to place an implicit burden on women to manage contraception. She observes that the ACA covers female contraception, but not male contraception, and argues that limits access...2020-09-1130 min