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, Tulane University
Clare Daniel, Tulane University
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, Tulane University
Panel chair
Mytheli Sreenivas, Ohio State University
“Feminisms, Populations, and the Politics of Reproduction in South Asia and Beyond”
Christabelle Sethna, University of Ottawa
“Headline Journeys: Travel and Abortion Services”
Tyler Barbarin
Alex Moody
10:15-10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am-noon
Session II
Wanted and Coerced Parenting
Darcy Roake, Tulane University
Panel chair
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, 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, 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, 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, Tulane University
Panel chair
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, Tulane University
“Exploring Connections: Reproductive Careers and Landscapes”
Kimberly Kelly, Mississippi State University
“Abortion and the Christian Nationalist Threat to Reproductive Rights”
Latona Giwa
3:45-4:30 pm
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