In this lecture, Prof. Durba Mitra (Harvard University, WGS) will reflect on the history of abortion in South Asia and the legacies of racism and sexual control rooted in colonialism that shape present-day debates about reproductive rights and bodily autonomy.

With panelists: Giselle Carino, Hawon Jung, and Chantal Umuhoza- please join us for a zoom panel focused on learning from experts on reproductive justice movements, research, and action in various regions around the world including Latin America, Asia, and Africa.

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With panelists: Payal Kumar, Dr. Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha, Rachel Lorenzo of Indigenous Women Rising, and Dr. Rebekah Viloria- Please join us for a panel which will analyze our current political state, the work advocates and researchers have done, and the future for justice movements in the fight for reproductive justice.

In this talk, Public Health Professor Liz Janiak will discuss mifepristone, self managed abortion, and the political stigma preventing the maximum public health benefits.

This event will take place on April 6 at 4 pm in room 2-105. This event will be open to the public.

Fly So Far is the story of Teodora Vásquez, the spokesperson of The Seventeen, the women accused of aggravated homicide in El Salvador because of having a miscarriage or a stillbirth. We hope you join us for the screening of the documentary and an exclusive discussion with the director on March 21 at 6pm in Bartos Theater.

Sociology Professor Jocelyn Viterna and Dr. Leigh Senderowicz will join us for an International Women’s Day panel a discussion about abortion and reproductive justice around the world.

This event will take place on March 8th at 4:30pm in room 2-105. All are welcome.

Drawing from her book, Women against Abortion, Haugeberg will explain how women in the antiabortion movement developed and deployed the strategies that led to the downfall of the constitutional right to abortion in the US in 2022.

This event will take place on February 9 at 4pm in room 2-105. This event will be open to the public.

Sociology Professor Zakiya Luna will address the potential for the human rights discourse to deliver on its promise to secure freedom and equity for all.

This event will take place on December 13 at 4 pm in 3-133. This event will be open to the public.

Please save the date as Professor of Law Khiara M. Bridges of Berkeley Law will be joining us to excavate the role of race in the Court's decision in Dobbs to reverse Roe v. Wade.
This event will take place on November 16 at 4:30 pm in room 4-231.

Please join us as Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Susanne M. Klausen joins us to discuss abortion in South Africa under apartheid during the years between 1948 and 1994.

This event will take place on November 7 at 5 pm in room 3-333. This event will be open to the public.

In this talk, Professor of Women’s & Gender Studies Rachel Alpha Johnston Hurst will examine the radical possibilities of representing abortion as a strategy to counter anti-abortion discourse through a reproductive justice lens.
This event will take place in room 4-237 at 4 PM on October 17, 2022. Q+A to follow. All are welcome.

Please save the date as Professor of Philosophy Bertha Alvarez Manninen of Arizona State University will be joining us to defend a pro-choice perspective using both utilitarian and Kantian considerations.
This event will take place in room 4-163 at 4 PM on September 20, 2022. Q+A to follow. All are welcome.