2012 Sarah Weddington Prize - Legislating Stereotypes: Reproductive Rights Rollback in the States

Law Students for Reproductive Justice and the Center for Reproductive Rights seek student scholarship that focuses on the ways that recent state legislation relies on negative stereotypes about gender, race, poverty, and sexuality to strip away reproductive rights. We encourage writing that amplifies lesser heard voices, applies an intersectional approach to legal thinking, offers anti-essentialist analysis, and/or suggests innovative solutions that take into account the practical realities and the lived experiences of the people affected by various forms of subordination and reproductive oppression. Papers should have a domestic focus, but may draw on international materials in addition to U.S. statutory law and regulation and/or constitutional case law. Authors are asked to apply a reproductive justice lens and/or human rights framework to their analyses of the issues.

The 1st place winning submission will be published in a law review journal. Winning authors will receive cash prizes and may also be published in the Reproductive Justice Law & Policy SSRN e-journal. Submissions are due by 5:00pm PST on Monday, March 5, 2012. Good luck!

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