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Author: Julia Boland

Julia Boland is a research and program associate at the Brennan Center. Her work focuses primarily on redistricting and federal democracy reform.
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The “Invent-Your-Own-Facts Approach”: Many Abortion Laws Use Medically Incorrect Language

Martha Kinsella, Julia Boland and Harry Rube
The “Invent-Your-Own-Facts Approach”: Many Abortion Laws Use Medically Incorrect Language

Throughout history, appeals to pseudoscience have undermined true reproductive autonomy. And now, the Supreme Court and state courts have become increasingly willing to defer to or even adopt pseudoscience, undermining science-based policies—from abortion bans to COVID mitigation strategies.

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