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Social Sciences Sep 27, 2023

How rape myths, unconscious biases prejudice the judicial system against women, and rape survivors in particular

It is well documented that women who are sexually assaulted, or raped, rarely report the crime to the police. The US charity, the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, has shown that 1 in 6 women in the US has been the ...

Social Sciences Sep 21, 2023

Why it is so difficult for people to come forward with sexual assault allegations

When writer E. Jean Carroll was asked why she finally went public—after more than 25 years—to accuse then U.S. president Donald Trump of sexual assault, her response was something that countless others have thought: "Think ...

Social Sciences Feb 2, 2023

State abortion bans based on sex, disability or race aren't remedies against eugenics, says paper

In his 2019 opinion in Box v Planned Parenthood, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote an impassioned concurrence describing abortions based on sex, disability or race as a form of 'modern-day eugenics.' He defended the challenged ...

Political science Nov 3, 2022

Sharp divide in state legislative abortion response during first two months after Dobbs decision

In the initial two months following the US Supreme Court's decision to overturn Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization on June 24, 2022, states have engaged in a flurry of activity to either limit the impact of the ...

Social Sciences Nov 3, 2022

Annual Arkansas Poll finds economy still top concern for Arkansas voters

The 24th annual Arkansas Poll, released today, found voters continue to be most concerned about the economy, politics and drugs, which were two of the top three concerns from 2021 (drugs supplanted healthcare as the third ...

Social Sciences Oct 19, 2022

Broad bipartisan support for abortion exceptions

As next month's midterms loom ever larger, both Democrats and Republicans are weighing how the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will affect voter turnout. Will it bring out issue-only voters? What will it ...

Political science Jul 20, 2022

Law school experts on how we define pregnancy threat amid emerging state-federal conflict in post-Roe U.S.

Even the staunchest abortion opponents once hedged when it came to saying the law should force a woman to continue a life-threatening pregnancy. But since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last month, eliminating "life ...

Social Sciences Jun 13, 2022

Online data, medical records could be used to put women in jail under new abortion laws

If the Supreme Court rules to overturn Roe v. Wade this month, lawmakers and law enforcement may have varied means to go after women and health care providers who participate in abortions in large part because of technology ...

Social Sciences Jun 8, 2022

Two national surveys show majorities of both political parties support legal abortion

Regardless of race, ethnicity and even political party preference, two separate UCLA-led surveys reveal that majorities of people in each group support access to legal abortion in the United States.

Social Sciences Nov 19, 2021

Addressing the over-representation of parental offenders in child sexual abuse

In 2008 Austrian man Josef Fritzl was found to have confined and abused his daughter, Elisabeth, in a complex beneath his home for 24 years. The extreme nature of the case—its prolonged duration, Elisabeth's multiple pregnancies ...

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