Patty Skuster's guest appearances

Patty Skuster

The Week in Health Law

Leo Beletsky

Nathan Cortez

Nicole Huberfeld

Nicholas Bagley

Elizabeth Leonard

Scott Burris

Christy Ford Chapin

Thad Pope

Wendy Parmet

Sylvester Stallone

John Cogan

Ross Silverman

Alexandra Phelan

Sam Halabi

Aaron Kesselheim

OwlTail

Rachel Rebouché

Adrienne Ghorashi

Three excellent guests this week. First, and well-known to the TWIHL listener is Rachel Rebouché, Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Research at Temple University where she teaches Family Law, Health Care Law, and Contracts. Patty Skuster is a Senior Legal Advisor at Ipas, a non-profit dedicated to improving reproductive rights. She is also a Fellow at Temple University’s Center for Public Health Law Research. Last but not least Adrienne Ghorashi is a Program Manager at the Center for Public Health Law Research. Her work focuses on the intersection of laws and reproductive and sexual health, including the regulation of abortion in the U.S. and globally. Our discussion centered around new abortion restrictions issued as part of state responses to COVID-19. For example, in Texas Gov. Abbott issued an executive order banning nonessential medical services. Subsequently, his attorney-general interpreted that order as applying to all abortions. Planned Parenthood successfully applied for a TRO in the district court, only for the Fifth Circuit to lift the stay.

182. Abortion Exceptionalism. Guests, Rachel Rebouché, Patty Skuster, and Adrienne Ghorashi.