ABORTION-RELATED LEGAL RESOURCES AT UCLA Law Center
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Sept. 28, 2022 EXISTING ABORTION-RELATED LEGAL RESOURCES UCLA Law Center on Reproductive 1 THE WILLIAMS INSTITUTE AT UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW Health, Law, and Policy
LEGAL LANDSCAPE Abortion bans related to: Telemedicine Self management TX SB8 copycats Reason Method Gestational limits COVID Pre-Roe & trigger bans Requirements for: Ultrasound Waiting period Reporting Parental involvement Facility infrastructure Admitting privileges Transfer agreement Biased counseling Center for Reproductive Rights Interactive state map tracks laws, constitutions, & court decisions, real time updates. UCLA Law Center on Reproductive 2 THE WILLIAMS INSTITUTE AT UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW Health, Law, and Policy
LEGAL LANDSCAPE AND RESOURCES Guttmacher Institute Leading research and policy organization on sexual and reproductive health and rights. Policy research and analysis, including state-by-state legal status and likely legislation. Abortion Finder State-by-state guide on whether abortion is legal, designed for patients. Kaiser Family Foundation Policy analysis, polling, and journalism on health law issues, including repro. UCLA Law Center on Reproductive 3 THE WILLIAMS INSTITUTE AT UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW Health, Law, and Policy
REPRO ORGANIZATIONS Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) Litigated Dobbs and other major abortion SCOTUS cases Currently litigating trigger bans in in several states Lawyers Network and pro bono opportunities. Planned Parenthood PPFA and local affiliates, action funds Litigate abortion bans, advise clinics on legal compliance, advocate for proposed state laws ACLU (National and Local) National Reproductive Freedom Project litigated Griswold and Casey, national currently litigating trigger bans in several states. ACLU in California: NorCal, SoCal, San Diego & Imperial Counties, and ACLU California Action (statewide) National Health Law Program (NHeLP) Located in DC, CA, and NC. Reproductive & Sexual Health team engages in policy analysis and litigation to advance access to repro services, particularly for low- income/Medicaid. UCLA Law Center on Reproductive 4 THE WILLIAMS INSTITUTE AT UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW Health, Law, and Policy
REPRO ORGANIZATIONS If/When/How Repro Legal Helpline: free, confidential legal info/advice in all 50 states, including self-managed abortion (SMA), judicial bypass, referrals to local resources and attorneys Repro Legal Defense Fund: bail and legal defense fund for pregnancy criminalization including helpers Litigation: criminal defense for SMA or helpers, including impact lit, amicus briefs, trainings for attorneys Technical assistance, legal research, reporting RJ Lawyers Network: national group of lawyers, workshops, continuing ed Resources for Abortion Delivery (RAD) Legal team: Regulatory Assistance for Abortion Providers (RAAP) Grants, loans, technical support for abortion providers RAAP legal program provides regulatory compliance and other laws impacting service delivery for independent and Planned Parenthood providers UCLA Law Center on Reproductive 5 THE WILLIAMS INSTITUTE AT UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW Health, Law, and Policy
REPRO ORGANIZATIONS National Advocates for Pregnant Women Pro bono criminal defense of clients charged with pregnancy-related crimes, 24-hour intake Amici, model briefs, legal research, pro bono experts, policy advocacy Research on pregnancy arrests and prosecutions,1973-present Lawyering Project Litigate challenges to abortion restrictions, representing providers, abortion funds, and support networks, sometimes patients Access and innovation program: free advice to providers, funds, researchers, and supporters about regulations, providing care, and telemedicine The Forefront Project Pro bono legal advice for repro orgs on federal tax law, federal/state lobbying, campaign finance. Aims to empower and protect repro orgs doing legal/policy advocacy. UCLA Law Center on Reproductive 6 THE WILLIAMS INSTITUTE AT UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW Health, Law, and Policy
REPRO COALITIONS California Future of Abortion Council (CA FAB Council) 40+ repro orgs develop concrete policy recommendations post-Dobbs Reports provides recommendations to protect and expand access and strengthen legal protections for abortion. Los Angeles Coalition for Reproductive Justice 20+ social justice and health organizations collaborating to enhance repro health, rights, and justice in LA. Seeking Reproductive Justice in LA County Report (March 2020) California Coalition for Reproductive Freedom Statewide coalition of 40+ orgs promoting sexual and repro health, rights, and justice through strategic communication, collaboration, and collective policy advocacy. California Abortion Alliance Coalition connecting legal, health, and allied communities to protect and advance access to safe legal abortion care, bridging the gap between abortion law, policy, research, and service provision. UCLA Law Center on Reproductive 7 THE WILLIAMS INSTITUTE AT UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW Health, Law, and Policy
PRO BONO National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) Criminalization of pregnancy resource hub for defense attorney State-by-state summary of abortion laws, trigger bans, pre-Roe statutes, and fetal personhood laws California Women s Law Center (CWLC) Submitted amicus briefs in SCOTUS abortion cases Crisis pregnancy center report Designed to Deceive Lawyers for Good Gov t (L4GG) Repro Health Legal Assistance Project Attorneys and law students, guidance to providers, developing up-to-date database of legal landscape Association of Pro Bono Counsel (APBCo) Network of pro bono professionals at 130 global law firms with reproductive rights task force National Women s Law Center (NWLC) Coordinating Texas-licensed litigators to defend SB8 lawsuits UCLA Law Center on Reproductive 8 THE WILLIAMS INSTITUTE AT UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW Health, Law, and Policy
FEDERAL ACTION Executive Orders EOs in July and August 2022 on protecting access to repro healthcare Protect medication abortion, access to contraception (ACA), consumer protection, convene volunteer lawyers (including on right to travel) HHS New HIPAA guidance, new data privacy guide In January 2022, announced Reproductive Healthcare Access Task Force to coordinate activities across HHS to protect and bolster repro health & rights Includes eliminating policy barriers, data collection, eliminating health disparities, partnerships, and destigmatizing repro health care. ReproductiveRights.gov Offers know your rights on abortion, emergency care, etc., and how to file patient privacy or nondiscrimination complaint with Office of Civil Rights UCLA Law Center on Reproductive 9 THE WILLIAMS INSTITUTE AT UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW Health, Law, and Policy
FEDERAL ACTION (CONTINUED) DOJ and While House Volunteer Lawyers Convening July 29 convening of more than 200 lawyers, advocates, firms, bar associations, legal aid, repro groups, and law schools. Call to action for firms to commit minimum of 500 hours to defending reproductive rights. DOJ Reproductive Rights Task Force Formalization of existing work group identifying ways to protect access to repro health care. Monitor and evaluate state and local legislation and enforcement actions which will infringe on federal protections, repro health care access, impair informed consent, ban medication abortion, and impose criminal or civil liability. UCLA Law Center on Reproductive 10 THE WILLIAMS INSTITUTE AT UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW Health, Law, and Policy
REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS SF: Legal Alliance for Reproductive Rights (LARR) Bar Association of San Francisco & SF City Atty 69 firms on email list, inquiries from providers/patients circulated to all firms or large firms only (out-of-state inquiries) Development of CA legislative fixes need to protect or expand abortion rights Delaware: AG s Abortion Legal Helpline Nearly a dozen law firms participating ACLU-D, First State Abortion Fund, DE NOW, and others Patients, providers, supporters; legal advice, know your rights, referrals UCLA Law Center on Reproductive 11 THE WILLIAMS INSTITUTE AT UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW Health, Law, and Policy
REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS New York State Attorney General s Pro Bono Task Force Paul Weiss does intake & admin, more than 40 firms Firms complete questionnaire on expertise/capacity Repro groups: CRR (leadership), If/When/How, NAPW, NIRH, NYCLU Legal advice, defense, and affirmative litigation. 24-hour hotline, brief bank, attorney trainings FAQs covering more straightforward legal questions Active subcommittees on: direct legal services, best practices for employers, outreach & training, infrastructure UCLA Law Center on Reproductive 12 THE WILLIAMS INSTITUTE AT UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW Health, Law, and Policy
