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21 Nov 2017, 9:02 pm by Sherry F. Colb
Colb, a Justia columnist, is Professor of Law and Charles Evans Hughes Scholar at Cornell Law School. [read post]
7 Nov 2017, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
The New York State legislature is currently considering a bill (including the Assembly and the Senate versions) that would legalize gestational surrogacy and make it enforceable if in compliance with statutory requirements. [read post]
24 Oct 2017, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
In this column, I will be reviewing a book written by my colleague, Sital Kalantry, entitled Women’s Human Rights and Migration: Sex-Selective Abortion Laws in the United States and India. [read post]
10 Oct 2017, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
The US Supreme Court recently agreed to hear argument in Collins v. [read post]
24 Sep 2017, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
Last Friday, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos rescinded the Obama-era Title IX guidance (which took the form of a “Dear Colleague” letter) on campus sexual assault, because the Obama approach allegedly denied due process to students accused of rape. [read post]
12 Sep 2017, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
In at least three states—Alaska, Michigan, and Hawaii—police officers are permitted by law to have sexual contact with people they suspect of prostitution. [read post]
29 Aug 2017, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
The governor of Texas recently signed into law a bill that will require people who want insurance coverage for non-emergency abortions to buy an additional, separate policy from their regular health insurance policy. [read post]
15 Aug 2017, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
In 2014, Alabama passed an abortion law that was later struck down by a federal district court. [read post]
1 Aug 2017, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
In England, an infant named Charlie Gard, who was born with encephalomyopathic mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome, was at the center of a controversy. [read post]
19 Jul 2017, 8:24 am by Sherry F. Colb
Colb, a Justia columnist, is Professor of Law and Charles Evans Hughes Scholar at Cornell Law School. [read post]
4 Jul 2017, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
Michelle Carter was recently convicted by a Massachusetts judge of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the death of her boyfriend, Conrad Roy III, by suicide. [read post]
19 Jun 2017, 6:00 am by Jeff Welty
Cornell evidence professor Sherry Colb analyzed the issue before trial in this piece; she concluded that the other accusers’ testimony was probably admissible. [read post]
8 Jun 2017, 4:02 am by Howard Wasserman
Sherry Colb discusses pending Texas legislation that would ban Dilation-and-Extraction (D&E), the most common method of second-trimester abortions. [read post]
24 May 2017, 4:02 pm by John Floyd
  In a 2004 piece for CNN piece, legal scholar Sherry Colb pointed to the “checkered past” of statutory rape laws by saying that they “had more to do with preserving female virginity than with the force and violence that define rape. [read post]
17 May 2017, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
In a fascinating recent episode of the podcast Radiolab, the show takes up the topic of jury nullification. [read post]
25 Apr 2017, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
Texas is currently considering a bill that would eliminate its wrongful birth cause of action. [read post]