Madalyn Wasilczuk

The Prosecution of Pregnant Women Is Amping Up Across the Country Legislation prioritizing fetus’s rights over women’s rights is on the rise, threatening more people with jail over miscarriages and stillbirths.

This week on Amicus: Pregnancy criminalization is sharply on the rise in the wake of Roe’s demise. I spoke with a lawyer on the frontlines of the battle against prosecutors—in red and blue states—charging women for their pregnancy outcomes. slate.com/podcasts/ami...

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Thank you!

Pleased to announce that effective August 16, 2025, I have been awarded tenure and promotion to Associate Professor of Law at the University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law. Thank you to the many friends, family, mentors, and colleagues who have supported me along this path.

Idaho banned abortion. Three years later, minors and seniors struggle to get routine care. Editor’s note: This report examines the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down the federal right to abortion three years ago.Of all the outcomes Rachel Castor could have predicted ...

“Of all the outcomes Rachel Castor could have predicted from Idaho’s abortion ban, her teenage son being denied hospital admission during an asthma attack wasn’t on the list.”

Must-read by
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New article out highlighting how pregnant people are being prosecuted since Dobbs (hint: it’s not using abortion laws): www.law360.com/articles/235...

I'm so proud that we're finally able to announce this and get it out into the world. Journalism professors in border states, hit me up!

DISCOVER YOUR POTENTIAL IN THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT | Law Offices of the Public Defender - New Mexico

Job opening for a youth defender in Albuquerque, NM: www.governmentjobs.com/careers/lopd...

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Four Things States Can Do To Further Protect Health Care Privacy | Health Affairs Forefront As experts in health, law, and privacy, we wrote this essay to draw attention to prescription drug monitoring programs and their potential for harm.

Our latest on ways that states can provide better heath data sanctuaries to at-risk populations (spoiler alert: stop sharing data with health care criminalization states & stop collecting sensitive healthcare info). Thanks to my co-authors @lizchiarello.bsky.social & Wendy Bach

its crazy how dominant germany was in science (especially chemistry) in the 19th century, it was basically the international language for scientists, people came from all over the world to train at heidelberg etc, and then....

Stop the Execution of Stephen Stanko in South Carolina South Carolina scheduled its 6th execution in 9 months. Stephen Stanko, 56, is scheduled to be executed on June 13, 2025 for the murders of Laura Ling and Henry Turner. Stephen has spent nearly twent...

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Ian Kerr Best Paper Award certificate awarded to Madalyn Wasilczuk for “The Interdisciplinary Policing of Pregnancy Criminalization”

So honored that me and my coauthors @jiseonsong.bsky.social and Wendy Bach were awarded the Ian Kerr Best Paper Award at the Privacy Law Scholars Conference today!

I'm so sorry. I lost my Cora late last year, and it's so hard. I hope that soon the memories of her sweetness will bring comfort and joy instead of heartache. Until then, I am sending wishes for comfort and peace.

Map on the left is of Krasner's 2025 win, from the Philly inquiring. Map on the right is of Krasner's 2021 win, from my own work.

Basically the exact same outcome. Which means, as in 2021, Krasner won the area's that surely had the most (tho far less than in 2021!) violence.

Please remember that these assholes walk stuff back when they get too much pushback, so PUSHBACK HARD.
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1. A must-read thread. I'll highlight three more problems with this opinion, which is the only case to prevent people from using a class action to challenge US government renditions to El Salvador. I often write about complex litigation, with a focus on class actions involving government bodies.

Lawmakers demand answers after a Haitian woman dies at an ICE detention center ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours."

ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours."

The Trump Administration’s War on Children The administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.

Trump has indefinitely withdrawn federal funding for:
• Investigating child sexual abuse and internet crimes against kids;
• Responding to reports of missing children;
• Preventing youth violence

New, @propublica.org

Starved in Jail Why are incarcerated people dying from lack of food or water, even as private companies are paid millions for their care?

Sarah Stillman investigates a widespread crisis of deaths by starvation in America’s county jails. Most of the victims she identified had been arrested in the midst of a mental-health crisis, often on petty charges tied to their psychiatric distress.

A quote from Sarah Stillman that reads, “What I found . . . is hard to describe as anything other than a pattern of widespread torture of people with mental-health issues in county jails.”

In a new report, Sarah Stillman investigates deaths related to starvation, dehydration, and neglect in county jails across the U.S.—a crisis that at times has been covered up by private health companies and government officials.
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Liberals hold Wisconsin Supreme Court after campaign shaped heavily by Musk The Wisconsin Supreme Court, on which liberals hold a 4-3 majority, could determine the future of abortion in the state.

The result of Tuesday’s election is a major victory for Democrats and a rebuke of billionaire Elon Musk, a key ally of President Donald Trump who poured millions into the state supporting conservative candidate Brad Schimel.

Wisconsin, polls are now open until 8:00 PM!

Make your voice heard and vote for Judge Susan Crawford.

Find your polling place: myvote.wi.gov

BREAKING: The Trump Administration Freezes $35 Million in Title X Funding Tomorrow The attack will leave eight states without ANY federal family planning dollars

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Curious about the pardon process? Or at least the way that the pardon process used to be before you-know-who took office? Join me on this week's episode of Just Justice with @rachelbarkow.bsky.social, who brilliantly unpacks the hows and whys of pardons.

Links below in the comments.

I think jury composition is a common one. When I was a law student, Bryan Stevenson regularly made us correct courts' math (in class) on the underrepresentation of groups in jury venires because they were often so bad.