Symposium

International Movements for Reproductive Health and Justice

October 11, 2024

Friday

Diboll Gallery
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA
70118

8:30-8:50 AM

Coffee & Snacks

8:50-9:00 AM

Welcome

Karissa Haugeberg

Karissa Haugeberg, Tulane University

Clare Daniel, Tulane University

Kate Baldwin

Kate Baldwin, Tulane University

9:00-10:15 am
Session I

Historians and Activists: How Has the Procurement of Abortion and Birth Control Changed (or not) Over Time?

Amanda Johnson

Amanda Johnson, Tulane University

Panel chair

Mytheli Sreenivas

Mytheli Sreenivas, Ohio State University

“Feminisms, Populations, and the Politics of Reproduction in South Asia and Beyond”

Christabelle Sethna

Christabelle Sethna, University of Ottawa

“Headline Journeys: Travel and Abortion Services

Tyler Barbarin

Tyler Barbarin

Alex Moody

Alex Moody

10:15-10:30 am

Coffee Break

10:30 am-noon
Session II

Wanted and Coerced Parenting

Darcy Roake

Darcy Roake, Tulane University

Panel chair

Christen Bryson

Christen Bryson, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle

“Motherhood: A Site for and against Reproductive Justice”

Anne Légier, Université Paris Cité

“Abortion and Civil Disobedience before Roe

Amélie Ribieras

Amélie Ribieras, Université Paris Panthéon-Assas

“Phyllis Schlafly: A Sexual Conservative?”

Petrice Sams-Abiodun

Noon-1:00 pm

Lunch

1:00-2:15 pm
Session III

Reproductive Health and Justice in Latin America and the Borderlands

Jason Bedolla Acevedo, Tulane University

Panel chair

Martha Liliana Espinosa, DePauw University

“Reproduction and Contraception in Modern Mexico”

Lina-Maria Murillo

Lina-Maria Murillo, University of Iowa

“Chicana Activism and Reproductive Justice in the US-Mexico Borderlands”

Cassia Roth, University of California, Riverside

“Reproductive Justice in Brazil: 1970s to Today”

Martha Silva

Martha Silva, Tulane University

Abortion Provider Stigma in Mexico: Twenty Years, Then and Now”

CO-SPONSORED BY THE STONE CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES

2:15-2:25 pm

Coffee Break

2:25-3:45 pm
Session IV

Reproductive Justice and Injustice

Sarah Hedgecock

Sarah Hedgecock, Tulane University

Panel chair

Deirdre Cooper Owens

Deirdre Cooper Owens, University of Connecticut

“From Slavery to Freedom: Louisiana’s Overuse of Black Women’s Bodies in the Use of C-Section Surgeries”

Katherine Johnson

Katherine Johnson, Tulane University

“Exploring Connections: Reproductive Careers and Landscapes”

Kimberly Kelly

Kimberly Kelly, Mississippi State University

“Abortion and the Christian Nationalist Threat to Reproductive Rights”

3:45-4:30 pm

Discussion

sponsored by

Mellon Foundation logo
Newcomb Institute logo
SLA logo
Stone Center for Latin American Studies logo