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The End of Roe?: From the Past of Reproductive Rights to the Future of Reproductive Justice

Co-sponsored by the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and the Center for Justice, Law, and Societies.

Our panelists will engage in a lively conversation around the history, present and future of Roe v. Wade, including the politicization of the Supreme Court, 14th amendment legal issues, impacts on immigrant and BIPOC communities, local activism, and the future of medical abortion amid increasing state restrictions.

Panelists:
Carrie N. Baker, J.D., Ph.D.
Sylvia Dlugasch Bauman Chair of American Studies & Professor in the Program for the Study of Women and Gender at Smith College

Laura Briggs, Ph.D.
Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at UMass Amherst & Author of How All Politics Became Reproductive Politics: From Welfare Reform to Foreclosure to Trump

Paul M. Collins, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science at UMass Amherst

Marisa Pizii
Deputy Director of Programs and Policy at Collective Power for Reproductive Justice (Western MA) & Co-Chair of the Abortion Rights Fund of Western Massachusetts

Tannuja Rosario
Sociology Doctoral Graduate Student at UMass Amherst, Co-Founder of South Queens Women's March, & Board Member of the New York Birth Control Access Project

Jamie Rowen, J.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Political Science and Legal Studies & Director of the Center for Justice, Law, and Societies at UMass Amherst

Moderator:
Jennifer Lundquist, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Dean of Research and Faculty Development & Professor of Sociology at UMass Amherst

May 17, 2022 04:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)