Jill Adams quoted by The Washington Post, April 28, 2017
“The danger of people being arrested, being jailed, being separated from their families, being potentially detained and deported,” says Jill Adams, executive director of the center, “these are the real dangers of self-induced abortion in 2017.”
Megan McCracken quoted by The Guardian, April 28, 2017
“It is very disturbing to read witness accounts that Mr. Williams was breathing and moving at the time of the consciousness check, because subsequent administration of the paralytic would hide any conscious suffering he experienced,” said Megan McCracken of the Death Penalty Clinic at UC Berkeley school of law.
Robert Merges quoted by California Magazine, April 27, 2017
“The good news is that Berkeley has pending CRISPR patents of its own, and these have been delayed due to the patent trial court case,” Merges said. “With that resolved, it’s anticipated the patent office will move ahead with Cal’s patent approval.”
Jill Adams quoted by The Guardian, April 27, 2017
The law is nothing if not complicated,” said Jill Adams, the chief strategist of the Self-Induced Abortion Legal Team, a project associated with Berkeley Law. … In general, the act of looking for or giving out information about self-inducing an abortion is protected by law, Adams said.
Jill Adams quoted by The New York Times, April 27, 2017
“We’ve discovered 40 different kinds of laws that are potentially implicated when someone ends their own pregnancy,” said Jill E. Adams. … So far, she said, the S.I.A. team has identified 18 arrests related to self-induced abortion around the country, “but I’m afraid that’s just what made the news. I suspect the true number is significantly higher.”
Jill Adams quoted by The Washington Post, April 27, 2017
“There . . . are people who view this as progress, the evolution of abortion care, and an incredible opportunity to transcend the very contentious abortion debate,” said Jill E. Adams.
Franklin Zimring quoted by San Francisco Chronicle, April 26, 2017
American police officers kill far more often than do police in other countries because of the risks of American policing: “[T]he threat of lethal attack is a palpable part of being a police officer in the United States,” Zimring writes.
Franklin Zimring quoted by San Francisco Chronicle, April 25, 2017
“A police chief’s priority shouldn’t be just the protection of his officers but the preservation of civilian lives,” Zimring said. “Of the 10 open police shooting cases recently listed in The Chronicle, at least five, and as many as eight, should not have been fatalities. If a shooting’s awful, it shouldn’t be lawful. If somebody hadn’t died in those cases, San Francisco would be a better city.
Claudia Polsky quoted by The Mercury News, April 22, 2017
At a Walnut Creek rally attended by 1,500 people, Claudia Polsky, director of the UC Berkeley School of Law’s environmental law clinic, told the crowd, “Facts do not speak for themselves. They need an advocate.”
Melissa Murray quoted by ABC 7 News, April 21, 2017
“What you are seeing right now, this sort of legislating by executive order, it’s probably not the most effective means, but it is what you’ve seen going on in the first 100 days,” Interim Dean of UC Berkeley Law School Melissa Murray said.