Suter, Sonia M.

GW Law Faculty Publications

January 30, 2022

SSRN | Scholarly Commons

BOOKS

Reproductive Technologies and the Law (3d ed., Carolina Academic Press, 2022) (with Judith Daar, I. Glenn Cohen & Seema Mohapatra).

Genetics:  Ethics, Law and Policy (5th ed. 2020) (with Maxwell J. Mehlman & Mark A. Rothstein).

LAW REVIEW ARTICLES & CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Developing a Reproductive Justice Approach to Regulating Formal and Informal Sperm Donationin Seminal: On Sperm, Health, and Politics 228 (Rene Almeling, Lisa Campo-Engelstein & Brian T. Nguyen eds., NYU Press, 2025) (with Naomi Cahn).

Choosing Your "Healthiest" Embryo After Dobbs: Polygenic Screening and Distinctive Challenges for Truth in Advertising and Informed Consent, 38 Harv. J.L. & Tech. 463 (2024) (with Dov Fox, Meghna Mukherjee, Stacey Pereira & Gabriel Lázaro-Muñoz). 

Reproductive Genetic Medicine in a Post- Dobbs World: Will it Make Life Harder for People with Genetic Disease?, 51 J.L. Med. & Ethics 511 (2023) (with Laura Hercher).

Alito is Wrong: We Can Assess the Impact of Dobbs, and It Is Bad for Women’s Health, 53 Seton Hall L. Rev. 1477 (2023).

Why Reason-Based Abortion Bans Are Not A Remedy Against Eugenics: An Empirical Study, 10 J.L. & Biosciences (2023).

Mission Creep in Newborn Screening and DNA Forensics, 101 Tex. L. Rev. Online 8 (2022).

The Goldilocks Conundrum: Disclosing Discrimination Risks in Informed Consent, 31 J. Genetic Counseling 1383 (2022) (with Anya E.R. Prince, Wendy R. Uhlmann & Aaron M. Scherer).

Regulating Technology as We Rewrite Nature, 102 B.U. L. Rev. Online 29 (2022) (with Naomi R. Cahn).

National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra, in Feminist Judgments: Health Law Rewritten 393 (Seema Mohapatra & Lindsay F. Wiley eds., Cambridge Univ. Press, 2022).

Eroding Lines in Embryo Research and Abortion–Contradictory Slippery Slopes, 22 Hous. J. Health L. & Pol’y 7 (2022).

The Art of Regulating ART, 96 Chi.-Kent L. Rev. 29 (2022) (with Naomi Cahn).

Genetic Testing and Insurance Implications: Surveying the US General Population About Discrimination Concerns and Knowledge of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), 24 Risk Mgmt. & Ins. Rev. 341 (2021) (with Anya E.R. Prince, Wendy R. Uhlmann, Sonia M. Suter & Aaron M. Scherer).

Reproductive Technologies and Free Speech, 49 J.L. Med. & Ethics 514 (2021).

Legal Education in a Pandemic: A Crisis and Online Teaching Reveal Who My Students Are, 65 St. Louis Univ.  L.J. 679 (2021).

Regulating Forensic Genetic Genealogy, 373 Science 1444 (Sept. 24, 2021), https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.abj5724 (with Natalie Ram & Erin E. Murphy). 

The Persistent Lack of Knowledge and Misunderstanding of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) More Than a Decade After Passage, Genetics Med. (Aug. 16, 2021),  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41436-021-01268-w (with Andrew Lenartz et al.).  

Legal Challenges in Reproductive Genetics, 115 Fertility & Sterility 282 (2021).

Legal Challenges in Genetics, Including Duty to Warn and Genetic Discrimination, in Genetic Counseling: Clinical Practice and Ethical Considerations 225 (Laura Hercher et al. eds., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2020).

June Medical Services v. Russo:  A Temporary Victory for Reproductive Rights, Geo. Wash. L. Rev. On the Docket (Oct. 2019 Term) (July 5, 2020), https://www.gwlr.org/june-medical-services-v-russo-a-temporary-victory-for-reproductive-rights/.

GINA at 10 Years:  The Battle over ‘Genetic Information’ Continues in Court, 5 J.L. & Biosci. 495 (2019).

The Tyranny of Choice:  Reproductive Selection in the Future, 5 J. L. & Biosci. 262 (2018).

The Limits of Empirical Data: How to Understand Survey Results with Respect to Gamete Donor Anonymity, 3 J.L. & Biosci. 377 (2016).

In Vitro Gametogenesis:  Just Another Way to Have a Baby?, 3 J.L. & Biosci. 87 (2016).

Genomic Medicine – New Norms Regarding Genetic Information, 15 Hous. J. Health L. & Pol’y 83 (2015).

The Problems of Liminal States, Line Drawing, and False Dichotomies, 2 J.L. & Biosci. 736 (2015).

The First Amendment and Physician Speech in Reproductive Decision Making, 43 J.L. Med. & Ethics 22 (2015).

Did You Give the Government Your Baby's DNA? Rethinking Consent in Newborn Screening, 15 Minn. J.L. Sci. & Tech. 729 (2014).

Interest Creep: The Constitution, Common Law, and Politics, 82 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. Arguendo 29 (2014), http://www.gwlr.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Suter.pdf.

How Big a Problem is Genetics Exceptionalism in Employment?, Hastings Ctr. Rep., Nov.-Dec. 2013, at 5.

The Politics of Information: Informed Consent in Abortion and End-of-Life Decision Making, 39 Am. J.L. & Med. 7 (2013).

From Sweaty Towels to Genetic Stats: Stalking Athletes for Their Genetic Information, 6 Recent Patents on DNA & Gene Sequences 189 (2012).

Bad Mothers or Struggling Mothers, 42 Rutgers L.J. 695 (2011).

Giving in to Baby Markets, in Baby Markets: Money and the New Politics of Creating Families 278 (Michele Bratcher Goodwin ed., 2010).

All in the Family: Privacy and DNA Familial Searching, 23 Harv. J.L. & Tech. 309 (2010).

Giving In to Baby Markets: Regulation Without Prohibition, 16 Mich. J. Gender & L. 217 (2009).

The 'Repugnance' Lens of Gonzales v. Carhart and Other Theories of Reproducing Rights: Evaluating Advanced Reproductive Technologies, 76 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 1514 (2008).

A Brave New World of Designer Babies?, 22 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 897 (2007).

Disentangling Privacy from Property: Toward a Deeper Understanding of Genetic Privacy, 72 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 737 (2004).

Public Stem Cell Banks: Considerations of Justice in Stem Cell Research and Therapy, Hastings Ctr. Rep., Nov.-Dec. 2003, at 13 (with Ruth Faden et al.).  

Safety Issues in Cell-Based Intervention Trials, 80 Fertility & Sterility 1077 (2003) (with Liza Dawson et al.).

The Routinization of Prenatal Testing, 28 Am. J.L. & Med. 233 (2002).

The Allure and Peril of Genetics Exceptionalism: Do We Need Special Genetics Legislation?, 79 Wash. U. L.Q. 669 (2001).

Ambiguous Unanimityin Law at the End of Life: The Supreme Court and Assisted Suicide (Carl E. Schneider ed., Univ. of Michigan Press, 2000).

Case Law in Geneticsin Mapping Public Policy for Genetic Technology: A Legislators' Resource Guide C-1 (Brenda J. Trolin ed., National Conference of State Legislatures, 1998).

Challenges in Drafting Genetics Legislationin Mapping Public Policy for Genetic Technology: A Legislators' Resource Guide 5-1 (Brenda A. Trolin ed., National Conference of State Legislators, 1998) (with Lawrence Gostin & Rosemary Quigley). 

Ethical Issues in Genetic Testing, 8 Kennedy Inst. Bioethics J. 161 (1998).

Sex Selection, Nondirectiveness, and Equality, 3 U. Chi. L. Sch. Roundtable 473 (1996).

Whose Genes are These Anyway? Familial Conflicts over Access to Genetic Information, 91 Mich. L. Rev. 1854 (1993).

Isolation and Characterization of the Rat Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 Gene, 265 J. Biological Chemistry 2078 (1990).

Dieldrin Inhibition of Gap Junctional Intercellular Communication in Rat Glial Cells as Measured by the Fluorescent Photobleaching and Scrape Loading/Dye Transfer Assay, 9 Fundamental & Applied Toxicology 785 (1987).

BOOK REVIEWS

Review, 3 J. L. & Biosci. 436 (2016) (reviewing Henry T. Greely, The End of Sex and the Future of Human Reproduction (2016)).

Book Review, Am. J. Bioethics, Oct. 2012, at 52 (reviewing Robert Klitzman, Am I My Genes? Confronting Fate and Family Secrets in the Age of Genetic Testing (2012)).

Review, 41 Jurimetrics J.L. Sci. & Tech. 261 (2001) (reviewing Clarisa Long, Genetic Testing and the Use of Information (1999).

OTHER

SCOTUS Allows States to Defund Planned Parenthood Without Recourse From Those Who Rely On It, Talking Points Memo (June 27, 2025, at 7:15 ET), https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/https-talkingpointsmemo-com-cafe-scotus-allows-states-to-defund-planned-parenthood (with Naomi Cahn). 

Supreme Court Considers Whether States May Prevent People Covered by Medicaid from Choosing Planned Parenthood as Their Health Care Provider, The Conversation (Apr. 2, 2025, 6:04 PM), https://theconversation.com/supreme-court-considers-whether-states-may-prevent-people-covered-by-medicaid-from-choosing-planned-parenthood-as-their-health-care-provider-253509 (with Naomi Cahn). 

Opinion, Crossing State Lines to Get an Abortion is a New Legal Minefield, With Courts to Decide if There’s a Right to Travel, The Conversation (Sept. 6, 2024, 8:29 AM), https://theconversationus.cmail20.com/t/r-l-tdiujkdl-butsilily-q (with Naomi Cahn). 

As President, Harris Could Not Easily Make Roe v. Wade Federal Law − But She Could Still Make It Easier to Get an Abortion, The Conversation (Aug. 5, 2024, 8:36 AM), https://theconversationus.cmail19.com/t/r-l-tdtizjk-butsilily-f (with Alan Morrison & Naomi Cahn). 

IVF in the USA: A Political Dance, BioNews (July 1, 2024), https://www.progress.org.uk/ivf-in-the-usa-a-political-dance (with Naomi Cahn). 

Supreme Court Sidesteps Case on Whether Federal Law on Medical Emergencies Overrides Idaho’s Abortion Ban, The Conversation (June 27, 2024, 7:29 PM), https://theconversationus.createsend7.com/t/r-l-tdyuiilt-butsilily-q/ (with Naomi Cahn). 

Can States Prevent Doctors from Giving Emergency Abortions, Even if Federal Law Requires Them To Do So? The Supreme Court Will Decide, The Conversation (Apr. 23, 2024, 8:36 AM), https://theconversationus.cmail20.com/t/r-l-tiuhkukd-butsilily-p/ (with Naomi Cahn). 

Abortion Drug Access Could Be Limited by Supreme Court − If the Court Decides Anti-Abortion Doctors Can, In Fact, Challenge the FDA, The Conversation (Mar. 26, 2024, 4:54 PM), https://theconversationus.cmail20.com/t/r-l-tikiujdy-butsilily-c/ (with Naomi Cahn). 

Biden Cannot Easily Make Roe v. Wade Federal Law, But He Could Still Make It Easier to Get an Abortion, The Conversation (Mar. 20, 2024, 8:28 AM), https://theconversationus.cmail20.com/t/r-l-tikyjuuk-butsilily-x/ (with Naomi Cahn & Alan Morrison). 

Opinion, Lawmakers Rushed to Protect IVF in Alabama—Why Wasn't Abortion Afforded the Same Urgency?, BMJ (Mar. 8, 2024), https://www.bmj.com/content/384/bmj.q581 (with Naomi Cahn). 

Most State Abortion Bans Have Limited Exceptions − But It’s Hard to Understand What They Mean, The Conversation (Jan. 26, 2024, 8:21 AM), https://theconversation.com/most-state-abortion-bans-have-limited-exceptions-but-its-hard-to-understand-what-they-mean-221389 (with Naomi Cahn). 

An Obscure 1800s Law is Shaping Up to be the Center of the Next Abortion Battle – Legal Scholars Explain What’s Behind the Victorian-Era Comstock Act, The Conversation (May 12, 2023, 8:20 AM),  https://theconversation.com/an-obscure-1800s-law-is-shaping-up-to-be-the-center-of-the-next-abortion-battle-legal-scholars-explain-whats-behind-the-victorian-era-comstock-act-204728 (with Naomi Cahn). 

The Supreme Court Rules Mifepristone Can Remain Available – Here’s How 2 Conflicting Federal Court Decisions Led to This Point, Conversation (Apr. 21, 2023, 9:19 PM), https://theconversation.com/the-supreme-court-rules-mifepristone-can-remain-available-heres-how-2-conflicting-federal-court-decisions-led-to-this-point-203623 (with Naomi Cahn). 

Medication Abortion Could Get Harder to Obtain – Or Easier: There’s a New Wave of Post-Dobbs Lawsuits on Abortion Pills, The Conversation (Feb. 9, 2023, 8:35 AM), (https://theconversation.com/medication-abortion-could-get-harder-to-obtain-or-easier-theres-a-new-wave-of-post-dobbs-lawsuits-on-abortion-pills-198978 (with Naomi Cahn). 

Opinion, Dobbs Decision is a Huge Setback for Genetic Counseling and the People Who Need It, STAT (Aug. 25, 2022), https://www.statnews.com/2022/08/25/dobbs-decision-roadblocks-genetic-counseling (with Laura Hercher). 

Commentary, The Disembodied Pregnant Person, Nat’l L.J. (July 1, 2022, 9:00 AM), https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2022/07/01/the-disembodied-pregnant-person (with Naomi Cahn). 

Opinion, Congress Can’t Codify Roe: Here’s What It Can Do, The Hill (Aug. 8, 2022, 12:30 PM), https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/3592514-congress-cant-codify-roe-heres-what-it-can-do (with Alan B. Morrison). 

Opinion, The Disembodied Pregnant Person, Nat’l L.J. (July 1, 2022, 9:00 AM), https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2022/07/01/the-disembodied-pregnant-person/ (with Naomi Cahn). 

More than Abortion Rides on SCOTUS in Dobbs, Bloomberg L. (May 10, 2022, 4:00 AM), https://news.bloomberglaw.com/class-action/more-than-abortion-rides-on-scotus-in-dobbs (with Naomi Cahn). 

Opinion, The Consequences of the Leaked Draft Opinion Go Far Beyond Abortion Rights, The Hill (May 5, 2022, 2:30 PM),  https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/3478262-the-consequences-of-the-leaked-draft-opinion-go-far-beyond-abortion-rights (with Naomi Cahn). 

Fertility Treatment Use Is on the Rise – New Legislation Could Increase Protections for Donors and Families in an Industry Shrouded in Secrecy, The Conversation (May 3, 2022, 9:08 AM), https://theconversation.com/fertility-treatment-use-is-on-the-rise-new-legislation-could-increase-protections-for-donors-and-families-in-an-industry-shrouded-in-secrecy-181664 (with Naomi Cahn). 

Opinion, Generations Later, the Rights of Donor-Conceived People Are Becoming Law, The Hill (Apr. 23, 2022, 4:00 PM), https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/3460149-generations-later-the-rights-of-donor-conceived-people-are-becoming-law (with Naomi Cahn). 

Opinion, How Congress Can Protect Abortion Rights Without Codifying Roe, Slate (Jan. 11, 2022, 4:04 PM), https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/01/congress-roe-law-abortion-alternative.html (with Alan B. Morrison).  

Opinion, Maryland Can Be a Model for Regulating Law Enforcement Use of Genetic Databases, Wash. Post (June 18, 2021), https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/18/maryland-genetic-databases-law-enforcement-regulation-model/ (with Erin E Murphy & Natalie Ram). 

Opinion, Supreme Court Should Respect Roe's Viability Line for Abortion, USA Today (May 21, 2021, 3:15 AM), https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/05/21/how-supreme-court-could-eliminate-abortion-viability-line/5167268001/.

A ‘Pro-Life’ Decision Burdens Minorities, Poor Most During a Pandemic, U.S.L.W. (Jan. 29, 2021, 4:01 AM), https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/a-pro-life-decision-burdens-minorities-poor-most-during-a-pandemic.

Texas’ New Abortion Restrictions Will Actually Do More to Spread the Coronavirus Than Prevent It, Slate (Apr. 17, 2020, 3:30 PM), https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/04/texas-abortion-restrictions-increase-coronavirus.html.

Opinion, New Abortion Laws May Save Roe v. Wade, Balt. Sun (May 31, 2019, 6:00 AM), https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/op-ed/bs-ed-op-0602-abortion-scotus-20190530-story.html.