Tara Murtha

April 15, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Warnings about pregnancy criminalization have rightfully escalated in the wake of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the ruling that eliminated the federal right to abortion by overturning Roe v. Wade. This fear is legitimate not simply because we lost Roe, but because Roe never stopped pregnancy from being criminalized in the first place.

By Tara Murtha

7 minute read

December 17, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

The creative thinking and persistent pressure of legal advocates who made so much progress under Title IX is an inspiration as we continue to pursue gender equity with a modern understanding of intersectional discrimination and gender beyond the binary assumptions of 50 years ago.

By Tara Murtha

7 minute read

September 20, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania lawmakers are using a playbook written by Big Tobacco and boosted by the NRA in order to block worker protections in the commonwealth.

By Tara Murtha

6 minute read

July 20, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

When the focus is expanded to include judicial and legislative approaches to the opioid epidemic, it becomes clear that pregnant women are not only actively excluded from an evidence-based approach to addressing the opioid crisis, but they are also specifically targeted in ways that directly undermine these efforts.

By Tara Murtha

1 minute read

May 22, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

A couple of years ago, I transitioned from full-time journalism to handling strategic communications for the Women's Law Project.

By Tara Murtha

15 minute read