April L Cherry
Professor
Law
Cleveland State University
United States of America
Biography
Prior to joining the Cleveland-Marshall faculty, Professor Cherry was an Assistant Professor of Law at Florida State University College of Law from 1992-1999. She also previously clerked for Chief Judge Judith Rogers of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and was an associate with the Washington, D.C., law firm of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker. Professor Cherry's primary research focus is on reproductive rights and technologies.
Research Interest
Property, Family Law, Estates and Trusts, Women the Law, and Health Law Seminar (focusing on reproductive rights, technologies, and ethics).
Publications
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April L Cherry (2001) Nurturing in the Service of White Culture: Racial Subordination, Gestational Surrogacy, and the Ideology of Motherhood. TEXAS J OF WOMEN & THE LAW 10: 83-128
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April L Cherry (2002) The Free Exercise Rights of Pregnant Women Who Refuse Medical Treatment. TENN L REV 69: 563-622
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"APRIL L. CHERRY (2004) Roe’s Legacy: The Non-Consensual Medical Treatment of Pregnant Women and Implications for Female Citizenship,U PA J CONST L 6: 723-751"
