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Medical Negligence (2024)
Book Chapter
Tongue, Z., Romanis, E. C., & Germain, S. (in press). Medical Negligence. In E. C. Romanis, S. Germain, & J. Herring (Eds.), Diverse Voices in Health Law and Ethics: Important Perspectives. Bristol University Press

This chapter explores the process for attempting to obtain compensation for medical negligence, and what is required for successful litigation. It highlights the issues with this process for women and people who give birth, in light of the significan... Read More about Medical Negligence.

On conscientious objection to abortion: Questioning mandatory referral as compromise in the international human rights framework (2022)
Journal Article
Tongue, Z. L. (2022). On conscientious objection to abortion: Questioning mandatory referral as compromise in the international human rights framework. Medical Law International, 22(4), 349-371. https://doi.org/10.1177/09685332221119503

This article explores the approach of international human rights bodies to conscientious objection to abortion, by requiring states to implement mandatory referral mechanisms where conscientious objection is permitted. This, however, represents an in... Read More about On conscientious objection to abortion: Questioning mandatory referral as compromise in the international human rights framework.

Telemedical and Self-Managed Abortion: A Human Rights Imperative? (2022)
Journal Article
Tongue, Z. L. (2023). Telemedical and Self-Managed Abortion: A Human Rights Imperative?. European Journal of Health Law, 30(2), 158-181. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718093-bja10092

Early into the COVID-19 pandemic, abortion rights advocates highlighted the importance of maintaining access to abortion through telemedicine. It was argued that telemedical and self-managed abortion was, in the pandemic context, a human rights imper... Read More about Telemedical and Self-Managed Abortion: A Human Rights Imperative?.