History of Reproductive Health

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Tue, Nov 8, 2022

12 PM – 1 PM EST (GMT-5)

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The history of abortion in the United States has been at the center of both supreme court cases establishing legality.

In 1973, Justice Blackmun delivered the opinion of the court in Roe v. Wade. He asserted that in order to resolve the issue of legality of abortion "free of emotion and predilection" his opinion emphasizes the "medical and medical-legal history and what that history reveals about man's attitudes towards the abortion procedure over the centuries."

Thus, in 2022, when Justice Alito wrote the opinion for Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health organization, overturning Roe v. Wade, he put history of abortion in the United States at the center of his argument: "The court finds that the right to abortion is not deeply rooted in the Nation's history and tradition."

In this panel, historians Renée Sentilles, Noel Voltz, and Aviva Rothman, will address the overall history of abortion and contraception in America, how women in marginalized groups experience and shape that history, and how science has played out in the American court.

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