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Supreme Court rulings

In June, the U.S. Supreme Court issued rulings on cases that impact abortion, gun rights and environmental regulations.

IU experts on law, policy, medicine and public health discussed the implications of the court’s rulings with both local and national media.

• “What could happen to IVF in a post-Roe v. Wade world,” Science Friday.

  • Expert comment from Stephanie Boys, associate professor in the School of Social Work at IUPUI. Also featured on WISH-TV.

• “Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade leaves Indiana’s abortion laws in question,” CBS News Chicago.
  

  • Expert comment from Jody Madeira, professor of law in the IU Maurer School of Law. Also featured in the Herald Times and on WFYI, WUSA (broadcast only), WPTA and WTHR.

• “Indiana law professor discusses abortion ruling,” WISH-TV.

  • Expert comment from Jennifer Drobac, professor of law in the IU McKinney School of Law. Also featured on WRTV, WYMT, WAVE, 

• “Possible impact of Roe v. Wade overturn on Indiana,” Fox 59.

  • Expert comment from Steve Sanders, professor of law in the IU Maurer School of Law. Also featured on Indiana Lawyer podcast, WTIU and WSBT.

• “IU law experts weigh in on how Indiana will move forward on Roe v. Wade,” WRTV.

  • Expert comment from Kristen Jozkowski, William L. Yarber Endowed Professor in Sexual Health in the School of Public Health-Bloomington. Also featured on WTHI and Fort Wayne NBC (broadcast only).

  • Expert comment from Aila Hoss, associate professor of law in the IU McKinney School of Law. Also featured in Indiana Daily Student.

  • Expert comment from Jennifer Drobac, professor of law in the IU McKinney School of Law. 

• “Indiana lawmakers expected to take up abortion law during special session next week,” WDRB.

  • Expert comment from India Thusi, professor of law in the IU Maurer School of Law. Also featured on WNDU, 

• “Courts asked to reinstate blocked Indiana anti-abortion laws,” Associated Press.

  • Expert comment from Daniel Conkle, professor emeritus in the IU Maurer School of Law. Also featured on  Politico, Fox 59, Network Indiana and WIBC, 

• “Abortion is still technically legal in Indiana. Here’s what current law states,” WTHR.
  • Expert comment from Jody Madeira, professor of law, and Dr. Caitlin Bernard, assistant professor of clinical obstetrics and gynecology in the IU School of Medicine. Bernard was also featured on Politico, WFYI, Fox 59 and WTHI, 

• “Researchers release ‘Hoosier Abortion Access Study’ ahead of expected passage of Indiana restrictions,” WBAA.

  • Expert comment and research from Dr. Tracey Wilkinson, assistant professor of pediatrics at the IU School of Medicine. Also featured in The Hill and WFYI.

• “Abortion criminalization could weaponize personal data,” Indiana Public Media.

  • Expert comment from Vice President for Research Fred Cate, Distinguished Professor and C. Ben Dutton Professor of Law in the IU Maurer School of Law, and professor Jody Madeira.

• “IU expert: Supreme Court gun rights ruling unlikely to impact Indiana,” Indiana Public Media.

  • Expert comment from Paul Helmke, professor in the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs. Also featured on WRTV, 

• “American gun culture is based on frontier mythology — but ignores how common gun restrictions were in the Old West,” The Conversation.

  • By Pierre Atlas, senior lecturer in the O’Neill School at IUPUI. Also featured on Lakeshore Public Media, WRTV, Indiana News Service, WPTA, WISH-TV, WEHT and AM 1310 The Light, 

• “‘Condemning everyone alive’: Climate experts, activists and lawyers decry US supreme court ruling,” The Guardian.

  • Expert comment from David Konisky, professor in the O’Neill School at IU Bloomington.

• “Local governments have limited legal options for addressing gun violence,” Lebanon Reporter.

  • Expert comment from Monica Solinas-Saunders, associate professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IU Northwest, and professor Jody Madeira.

In other news

• “Elon Musk pressured Twitter to give him access to a ‘firehose’ of data to evaluate bots. Now what?” CNN.
  

  • Expert comment from Kaicheng Yang, a Ph.D. candidate at IU who helped build a bot-detection tool called Botometer. Also featured in USA Today.

• “As Southern Indiana explores new way of financing major highway, residents are wary,” The Indianapolis Star.

  • Expert comment from Tom Guevara, director of the IU Public Policy Institute. Also quoted in “Grand Park bidding process leads to questions about value, debt if sports campus is sold,” The Indianapolis Star.

• “Indiana University launching Center for Gender Equity,” Indianapolis Business Journal.

  • Information from Written by Whitten and this release. Also featured in Inside Indiana Business.
    

• “The impact of Title IX, 50 years later,” WTHR.

  • Expert comment from Jennifer Drobac, professor of law in the McKinney School, Jayma Meyer, a sports law and public policy professor in the O’Neill School, and Mattie White, deputy director of athletics at IU and senior women administrator.

• “IU celebrates fifty years of Title IX,” Indiana Public Media.

• “Federal gas tax suspension proposed, but will it help?” Indiana Public Media.

  • Expert comment from Nikolaos Zirogiannis, professor in the O’Neill School.

• “‘Real estate has always been a good investment …’ Terre Haute housing market remains strong despite inflation concerns,” WTHI.

  • Expert comment from Joe Fitter, senior lecturer of finance in the IU Kelley School of Business.

• “How a rulebook for transgender student athletes might look,” The Hill.

  • Expert comment from Lauren Smith, associate professor of sports media in The Media School.

• “Dr. Edward Curtis on amplifying Indy’s Arab voices,” Indianapolis Monthly.

  • Feature on Edward E. Curtis IV, professor of religious studies in the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI.

• “Federal gas tax holiday: Biden says it will provide ‘a little bit of relief’ – but experts say even that may be a stretch,” The Conversation.

  • Co-authored by Sanya Carley, professor in the O’Neill School.

• “Experts say recent Midwest heat is a strong sign of climate change,” Fort Wayne NBC.

  • Expert comment from Gabe Filippelli, professor and director of the IU Environmental Resilience Institute.

• “Corporations’ decisions seem to signal the end of the pandemic,” Marketplace.

  • Expert comment from Kosali Simon, professor and health economist in the O’Neill School.

• “IU economist says Biden’s gas tax holiday won’t solve the problem,” WISH-TV.

  • Expert comment from Kyle Anderson, clinical assistant professor of business economics in the Kelley School of Business at IUPUI. 

• “What’s causing the tampon shortage? Here’s what to know and how you can help,” The Indianapolis Star.
  

  • Expert comment from Debby Herbenick, professor in the School of Public Health-Bloomington.

• “Americans gave a near-record $485 billion to charity in 2021, despite surging inflation rates,” The Conversation.
  

  • By Anna Pruitt, associate director of research, IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI, and Jon Bergdoll, applied statistician of philanthropy at IUPUI.

• “Gas prices getting even higher as gas tax increases,” Fox 59.
  

  • Expert comment from Denvil Duncan, associate professor in the O’Neill School.

• “What’s a bear market? An economist explains,” The Conversation.
  

  • Expert comment from Vidhura S Tennekoon, assistant professor of economics at IUPUI.

• “The true meaning of Juneteenth,” WIBC.

  • Expert comment from Carolyn Calloway-Thomas, professor and director of graduate studies for African American and African Diaspora studies.

• “Investigation finds 40% of all adults in U.S. struggle with health care debt,” CBS News.

  • Expert comment from Dr. Aaron Carroll, chief health officer and distinguished professor of pediatrics at IU School of Medicine.

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