My research focuses on reproductive rights, women's health, abortion rights and work-family balance law, specifically the role of men and masculinity in families. All works on this page are drafts. Please see the law review cited for final versions. I welcome comments on my scholarship. Please feel free to e-mail me at bburkstrand-reid2@unl.edu or visit http://law.unl.edu/facstaff/faculty/resident/bburkstrand.shtml
Articles
DIRTY HARRY MEETS DIRTY DIAPERS: MASCULINITIES, AT-HOME FATHERS, AND MAKING THE LAW WORK FOR FAMILIES, Texas J. of Women & the Law (2012)
Who is the “man”? Implicit in this question is whether the man at issue demonstrates...
The More Things Change...: Abortion Politics and The Regulation of Assisted Reproductive Technology, University of Missouri -- Kansas City (2011)
Abortion and assisted reproductive technology (“ART”) may seem paradoxical in reproductive health: a woman seeks...
"Trophy Husbands" and "Opt-Out" Moms, Seattle Law Review (2011)
Women were not the only ones opting out.
Nearly one year before The New York...
The Invisible Woman: Availability and Culpability in Reproductive Health Jurisprudence, University of Colorado Law Review (2010)
Women’s health is widely assumed to be a significant consideration in reproductive rights cases. Court...