Tag: Antidiscrimination

Protecting Them from Themselves: The Persistence of Mutual Benefits Arguments for Sex and Race Inequality

Jill Elaine Hasday - University of Minnesota Law School

Defenders of sex and race inequality often contend that women and people of color are better off with fewer rights and opportunities. This claim straddles substantive debates that are rarely considered together, linking such seemingly disparate disputes as the struggles over race-based affirmative action, antiabortion laws, and marital rape exemptions.… Read More »

Fairness, Disability, and Genetic Antidiscrimination

Jeffrey S. Morrow - 2010 J.D. Candidate, Georgetown Law School

Genetic discrimination is unfair. This observation is, by all accounts, largely uncontroversial. As a result of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA), which took effect in late November, genetic discrimination is also now illegal. GINA prohibits employers from using genetic information in employment decisions and prohibits health insurers from… Read More »