Martha
Davis
Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Experiential Education
Martha Davis in the Press
Vox
One Texas case shows why women can’t rely on legal exceptions to abortion bans
“The court is trying to get out of the business of construing the Texas abortion statute, but by doing so, it simply leaves the statute in place to continue deterring doctors from taking a risk that might end their practice,” Northeastern University law professor Martha Davis tells Vox.
E&E News
Montana’s pro-environment Constitution goes on trial
Martha Davis, a law professor at Northeastern University who has studied state constitutions, said the provision’s prominence in the document gives Montana courts the authority to find government officials in violation of the law and the power to monitor compliance.
Bloomberg Law
Legal Right to Safe Climate Goes on Trial in Montana Youth Case
“Regardless of what the outcome is, it’s going to strengthen the efforts of advocates to establish some kind of right to sue” under state environmental provisions, Northeastern University law professor Martha Davis said.
San Francisco Chronicle
The Supreme Court wants state lawmakers to decide abortion. So far, it’s been courts and voters
One consequence of the Supreme Court’s ruling, said Martha Davis, a law professor at Northeastern University in Boston, is that the right to abortion will no longer be determined by one national Constitution but by varying interpretations of 50 state constitutions.
The Conversation
US abortion restrictions are unlikely to influence international trends, which are largely becoming more liberal
Guest article written by Martha Davis, Professor of Law at Northeastern University
Fact Check-Fact check – 1973 Roe v. Wade decision did not center on whether plaintiff had been raped
“There is no mention of rape in the lower court decision, except to the extent that it is quoting the text of the Texas law,” Martha Davis, Professor of Law, scholar in constitutional law and human rights advocacy at Northeastern University told Reuters.
New York Post
What legal experts say will be impact of Roe v. Wade draft leak on SCOTUS
Despite the growing public pressure, Martha Davis, a constitutional law professor at Northeastern University and author of an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to strike down Mississippi’s strict abortion law, told The Post that she doesn’t think it will have a large effect. “But I also don’t think it’s set in stone,” she said. “I […]
NBC Boston
‘Why Doesn’t My Rate Go Down When I Use Less?’ Looking at Winthrop’s Water Bill Costs
Martha Davis, a Northeastern University Law Professor, has been studying water affordability for years. “Everybody needs water, you know. You need water, whether you can afford it or not,” said Davis.
Why the Supreme Court may look to China as it reconsiders Roe v. Wade
“Justice Roberts’ references to China and North Korea were based on conservative talking points, I’m afraid,” said Martha Davis, a Northeastern University School of Law professor who, along with other scholars, filed a brief in the case opposing the Mississippi law. “Our current abortion law actually puts us in the company of the U.K., Canada […]
Most democracies are expanding abortion access. The U.S. is retracting it
Martha F. Davis is professor of law at Northeastern University School of Law. Fiona de Londras is professor of global studies at the University of Birmingham (United Kingdom).
