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IU experts available to comment on Indiana abortion ban injunction

A judge has temporarily blocked Indiana’s near-total abortion ban, just one week after it went into effect. In an order granting a preliminary injunction in the case, Judge Kelsey B. Hanlon writes that the law violates the Indiana Constitution, and that bodily autonomy has been recognized in Indiana case law as a basic component of liberty. IU legal experts are available to comment on the ruling and its impact on abortion access in Indiana.

For more information, contact Marah Yankey at mqharbis@iu.edu or 812-856-1442.

Jennifer A. Drobac
IUPUI

Jennifer A. Drobac

Robert H. McKinney School of Law

Jennifer A. Drobac is the Samuel R. Rosen Professor of Law at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. She teaches contracts, sexual harassment law, family law and other courses. She holds her doctoral (J.S.D.) and J.D. degrees from Stanford Law School.

Expertise

Sex/gender-based harassment and discrimination law, religion and employment discrimination, consent law, contracts, family law.

Jody L. Madeira
IU Bloomington

Jody L. Madeira

Maurer School of Law

Jody Madeira is a professor in the IU Maurer School of Law. Madeira can discuss recent mass shootings and the Second Amendment. 

Expertise

Tort law, criminal law, children and the law, assisted reproductive technology, Second Amendment/firearm violence, interdisciplinary perspectives.

Shruti Rana
IU Bloomington

Shruti Rana

Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies

Shruti Rana is professor of international law practice and director of the B.A. in International Law and Institutions Program. She is available to discuss Title 42, coronavirus restrictions on asylum that recently expired.

Expertise

International law and institutions; global governance; international human rights law; gender and human rights; international women’s human rights; Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) treaty; refugee and asylum law; United Nations, treaties; corporate law, corporate social responsibility, corporate accountability and corporate governance; immigration and immigration adjudication; gender; business and technology policy; international business law, international business transactions and international intellectual property law; philanthropy, social entrepreneurship and venture philanthropy; contracts; and comparative law, Asian and U.S. law.

India Thusi
IU Bloomington

India Thusi

Maurer School of Law / Kinsey Institute

India Thusi is a professor of law at the IU Maurer School of Law with a joint appointment at the Kinsey Institute. Her research examines racial and sexual hierarchies as they relate to policing, race and gender. Her articles and essays have been published or are forthcoming in the nation’s leading law journals.

Expertise

Criminal procedure, criminal law, critical race theory, regulation of vice, racial and sexual hierarchies, gender, race, policing.

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