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Rachel Rebouché is the G. Rollie White Teaching Excellence Chair in Law Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. She previously served as Dean of Temple University Beasley School of Law and the James E. Beasley Professor of Law. Prior to her appointment as Dean, she was the Associate Dean for Research, a position she held from 2017 to 2021. She is also a Faculty Fellow at Temple’s Center for Public Health Law Research.

Rebouché is a leading scholar in reproductive health law and family law. She is an author of Governance Feminism: An Introduction and an editor of Governance Feminism: Notes from the Field. She is also the editor of Feminist Judgments: Family Law Opinions Rewritten, published by Cambridge University Press, and an author of the sixth edition of the casebook, Family Law. In addition, she will join the fifth edition of the casebook, Contracts: Law in Action and recently co-edited a collection of essays for Law & Contemporary Problems on the pandemic’s effects on contract law.

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2026’s Abortion Battles Will Be Fought More in Courthouses and FDA Offices Than at the Voting Booth

by Rachel Rebouché, University of Texas December 31, 2025

In 2026, the biggest battles over abortion will not be at the polls. There will be a few contested measures on state ballots. Next year, Nevada’s government will... Read more.

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2026’s Abortion Battles Will Be Fought More in Courthouses and FDA Offices Than at the Voting Booth