After Roe and Dobbs: Seeking Reproductive Justice in the Next Fifty Years

Starts:
9:00 am on Thursday, January 26, 2023
Ends:
6:00 pm on Thursday, January 26, 2023
URL:
https://www.bu.edu/law/engagements/after-roe-and-dobbs-seeking-reproductive-justice-in-the-next-fifty-years/
Register:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc78HIjfiNwilu7zYN-M6ZA5iGQTMIZE57b2hRlfp7uNK1qAw/viewform
Address:
LAW
Room:
Barristers Hall
Contact Organization:
LAW Marketing and Communication
Contact Name:
Elizabeth Clancey
Contact Phone:
617-353-8011
Fees:
free
Speakers:
Aziza Ahmed, George Annas, Nicole Huberfeld, Linda McClain, Sarah Sherman-Stokes, and Michael Ulrich
Audience:
public
It is impossible to overstate the importance of exploring the legacy and future of Roe v. Wade in the wake of the Supreme Court’s watershed decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The constitutional, political, and policy landscape is changing by the day, with major implications for law, medicine, and public health. This symposium marks what would have been the 50th anniversary of Roe and will evaluate various dimensions of reproductive justice as it existed until Dobbs and into the next 50 years. The symposium has a multi-disciplinary approach, which will include attention to law, history, social movements, health equity, and reproductive health and justice, including the critical role of advocates in Boston and the Northeast region. A related issue of the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics will be co-edited by Professors Aziza Ahmed, Nicole Huberfeld, and Linda McClain, to be published in the fall of 2023. This symposium will occur Thursday, January 26, 2023 at BU School of Law and is co-sponsored by BU Law and BU School of Public Health, and is part of BU Law’s commemoration of its 150th anniversary (For those interested in coming to Boston, our timing coincides with “The Age of Roe” conference at Harvard Radcliffe on Friday, January 27th.) This symposium is an inaugural event for BU Law’s new program in reproductive justice, which will launch officially in fall 2023. For questions about registration, please contact Elizabeth Clancey at mackelle@bu.edu. For questions about the conference or JLME, please contact Professors Aziza Ahmed, Nicole Huberfeld, or Linda McClain. Boston University School of Law strives to be accessible, inclusive and diverse in our facilities, programming and academic offerings. Your experience in this event is important to us. If you have a disability (including but not limited to learning or attention, mental health, concussion, vision, mobility, hearing, physical or other health related), require communication access services for the deaf or hard of hearing, or believe that you require a reasonable accommodation for another reason, please contact lawevent@bu.edu to discuss your needs. Please note, that the office of Disability Services typically requires 10 business days notice for services.