Sex Educators Are Not ‘Grooming’ Your Kids—but Conservatives Want to Incite Fear Anyway
As a sexual health educator, Kerri Isham is no stranger to pushback from parents and administrators. Sex education had always attracted controversy,
Tag : Law And Policy
Why IVF Is in Jeopardy in the Post-‘Roe’ Era
For people trying to build families through medicine, specifically in vitro fertilization, anti-abortion legislation is another barrier to an already
The Need for Paid Family Leave Didn’t Start With Overturning ‘Roe’
During an appearance last month on CNN’s State of the Union to discuss the Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization,
Post-‘Roe,’ Why This Abortion Pill Is More Important Than Ever
In June 2020, Carol’s life changed. “I found out I was pregnant, and then my husband, who is an alcoholic, left very soon after,” said Carol,
The importance of access to good legal advice: how Johnson had only one penalty while junior Downing Street staff had many
23rd May 2022 Some of the best lawyers in the country work for those who often state publicly their disdain for lawyers. Some of the best media
Four possible consequences of Partygate
19th May 2022 Partygate, again. Today the Metropolitan Police announced the end of their investigation. This means that, in small part, the Partygate
What may be the real problem with the”Wagatha Christie” case
18th May 2022 The “Wagatha Christie” case is currently adding to the gaiety of the nation. And as the wise Marina Hyde avers in her Guardian
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What the next Queen’s Speech may tell us about this government
27th April 2022 Yesterday’s I newspaper had this interesting front page about the upcoming Queen’s Speech: The article supporting the front page
Twitter after Elon Musk
26th April 2022 There is a standing joke among social historians that the middle class is always rising, and the gentry always declining, in whatever
Why it will really matter when the Prime Minister realised he had misled the House of Commons – even if his four misleading statements were in good faith
22nd April 2022 As the cliché of American political reporting has it: what did the president know, and when did he know it? Applying this same sort
Along with Fake News and Fake Law, we have Fake Policy
20th April 2022 A ‘policy’ can be understood as a means to an end. In a political context, a policy is the means by which various elements of the
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What the Home Secretary’s Ministerial Direction on Rwanda signifies – and what it does not signify
18th April 2022 The home secretary has issued ‘a ministerial direction’ for her proposal for a ‘migration and economic development
Blue ticks on Twitter – the problems with regulation and self-regulation
31st March 2022 Some people who care about these things are upset when they don’t have a ‘blue tick’ verification mark on their Twitter
A balancing exercise in action – Chris Mullin defeats a disclosure request in respect of the Birmingham pub bombings
23rd March 2022 I was born and brought up in the Birmingham of the 1970s, and like many others I had family and family friends who could well have
What is SLAPP?
22nd March 2022 Sometimes I give blogposts the wrong titles. Yesterday, the post here had the title: Is there a SLAPP problem in the English