No More Hyde and Seek: Biden’s Removal of the Hyde Amendment from the Proposed Budget is a Win for Abortion Access

July 30, 2021

Health Law, Public Interest, Public Policy, Reproductive Health

By Mackenzie Darling

President Biden’s proposed budget does not include provisions barring federal funding for abortion procedures. The lack of this policy is a significant win for protecting abortion rights, because banning federal funding for abortion care has been commonplace since shortly after Roe v. Wade. Best known as the Hyde Amendment, the ban on the use of federal funding for elective abortion procedures has been in place since the late 1970’s and has drastically limited a pregnant person’s ability to access abortion care . . .

Northeastern University Law Review

July 3, 2020

COVID-19, Health Law, LGBT, Public Interest, Reproductive Health

Sex in the Time of COVID-19

Northeastern University Law Review

July 3, 2020

COVID-19, Health Law, LGBT, Public Interest, Reproductive Health

By Mackenzie Darling

During a public health crisis, the public is thinking about their health and the safety of their loved ones. However, while society is focused on protecting people from COVID-19, the sexual health and wellbeing of individuals is under major threat. This forum discusses three major concerns about the current state of sexual and reproductive health: (1) the impact the COVID-19 pandemic may have on people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); (2) how state executive orders are preventing access to abortions; and (3) how the closures of doctor’s offices, Planned Parenthood health clinics, and non-essential stores pose a major threat to access to contraception and sexually transmitted infection (STI) healthcare . . .