Spousal Privilege

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Her Alone: Feminist Perspectives on the Future of Spousal Privileges
Alexandra Aparicio
A.B. 2018, Princeton University; J.D. Candidate, 2021, The University of Chicago Law School.

The author thanks Professor Emily Buss and the staff of The University of Chicago Law Review for their helpful feedback on this essay.

On August 30, 2019, the New Mexico Supreme Court prospectively abolished the state’s spousal communications privilege.