Journal of Gender, Race and Justice articles from March 2006

Journal of Gender, Race and Justice archives from March 2006

"To err is human" ART mix-ups: a labor-based, relational proposal*.(assisted reproductive technology)
March 22, 2006... Any human endeavor is prey to human error. The consequences of human error in the area of assisted reproductive technologies are magnified by our playing in the field of creation of new human lives and lifelong relationships. Stories of...

Markets, subsidies, regulation, and trust: building ethical understandings into the market for fertility services.(Australia)
March 22, 2006... I. INTRODUCTION Our research began with an unusual advertisement reported by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The online headline read Sperm Donors Rush for Australia Holiday Offer. (1) The article reported that the...

A law-policy proposal to know where babies come from during the reproduction revolution.
March 22, 2006... I. INTRODUCTION The awesome capability to intervene at the beginning of human life through medicine--to actually enable the creation of life and choices about human characteristics--has burgeoned in recent years and continues to expand...

Equity in egg donation.
March 22, 2006... I. INTRODUCTION Egg donation, a relatively recent medical procedure, enables women to conceive by replacing their nonviable eggs with donated eggs. (1) Young fertile women donate their eggs. The available supply of potential donors is...

A lesbian centered critique of "genetic parenthood".
March 22, 2006... I. INTRODUCTION The recognition of parenthood matters. Parents possess rights that no one else can exercise, including both reasonably well-defined legal rights and more amorphous social rights. Both in law and in fact, parents have a...

Guidelines but no guidance: GaySpermBank.com vs. FDA.
March 22, 2006... I. INTRODUCTION As a registered nurse and family nurse practitioner who practices at the only sperm bank in North America that actively recruits Gay and Bisexual sperm donors, I am deeply concerned about the draft Guidance Document...

Utopian dreams and harsh realities: who is in control of assisted reproductive technologies in a high-tech world?
March 22, 2006... I. INTRODUCTION The twentieth century witnessed an explosion of scientific knowledge and technological achievement. The discovery of insulin in 1922 led to treatments for diabetes. The unique properties of penicillin, discovered in 1928,...

Revisiting "The Need for Negro Lawyers": are today's black corporate lawyers Houstonian social engineers?
March 22, 2006... I. INTRODUCTION The fiftieth anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education provided scholars with numerous opportunities to discuss the legal importance and historical implications of this landmark decision. (1) For countless black law...

Protecting the President from protest: using the Secret Service's zone of protection to prosecute protesters.
March 22, 2006... I. INTRODUCTION On October 24, 2002, President George W. Bush visited Columbia, South Carolina. (1) Brett Bursey, a fifty-six-year-old and long time peace activist, came to see the President that day, and took a spot at an intersection...

The expansion of video conferencing technology in immigration proceedings and its impact on venue provisions, interpretation rights, and the Mexican immigrant community.
March 22, 2006... I. BACKGROUND AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS PROMOTING USE OF VIDEO CONFERENCING TECHNOLOGY Concern in the 1980s regarding technology and courtrooms focused on the use of videotaping trials. Back then, most lawmakers believed that technology...

The return of Lochnerizing: the Iowa Supreme Court's invalidation of gambling taxes.
March 22, 2006... I. INTRODUCTION The Iowa Supreme Court held that an Iowa tax statute imposing different tax rates on riverboat slot machines and slot machines at racetracks was unconstitutional under the Iowa Constitution's equal protection clause. (1)...

Combating hate crimes against Sikhs: a multi-tentacled approach.
March 22, 2006... I. INTRODUCTION Four days after Al Qaeda terrorists launched their audacious, horrible hijack attack on the World Trade Center, Frank Silva Roque murdered Balbir Singh Sodhi. (1) Roque drove away from the gas station that Sodhi owned and...