Friday Sep 29, 2023
Criminalizing Reproduction virtual panel
What happens when pregnancy, miscarriage, contraception, and abortion are treated as crimes?
This moderated virtual panel brings together scholars in the fields of medicine, law, and women's and gender studies to discuss the criminalization of pregnancy and reproduction. Our panel of academic experts will discuss new and historical patterns of punishing people for their reproduction. This discussion contextualizes the ways that racism, sexism, and ableism have shaped reproductive policing over time and examines the new threats ahead now that abortion access has been banned in several states.…