Spring 2026 Lecture: Abortion and End of Life

Abortion and End of Life

Dr. Zahra Ayubi
March 4, 2026

Islamic medical ethics, as practiced and as studied, is overwhelmingly focused on men: men’s bodies, men’s ideas, men’s texts. Remedying this gap with qualitative interviews, Zahra Ayubi discusses Muslim women’s experiences and their approaches to decisions about abortion and end of life care. They navigate existential and epistemological questions as they face medical racism and sexism as well as gender insensitivity in authoritative religious discourses.

Riverside Room, Pardee School of Global Studies, 121 Bay State Rd.

5:30 pm light repast

6:00 lecture