Professor, University of San Francisco School of Law. Education: J.D., Harvard Law School, magna cum laude; Harvard Law Review, Developments in the Law Editor; B.A., University of Michigan. Prior Employment: Fulbright Scholar, Chennai, India; Law Clerk, James R. Browning, Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals; Blackmun Fellowship Attorney, Center for Reproductive Rights; Associate, Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin; Deputy Attorney General, California Office of the Attorney General. Courses: Constitutional Law, Family Law, Gender and Law.
Articles
Functional Parenting and Dysfunctional Abortion Policy: Reforming Parental Involvement Legislation, Family Court Review (2012)
Abortion-related parental involvement mandates raise important family law issues about the scope of parents’ power...
The Irrational Woman: Informed Consent and Abortion Decision-Making, Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy (2009)
In Gonzales v. Carhart, the Supreme Court upheld a federal ban on a type of...
Rights, Remedies and Facial Challenges, Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly (2009)
This brief comment extends upon a key point raised by Caitlin Borgmann’s article, Holding Legislatures...
Privatizing Bans on Abortion: Eviscerating Constitutional Rights Through Tort Remedies, Temple Law Review (2007)
State governments have devised a new means to evade the Constitution. Their new means is...