Date: Saturday, August 9

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM

Session 048: PAPERS IN THE ROUND: Reproductive Autonomy, Justice, and the Law
Room: Marshfield Room

Sponsors: Health, Health Policy, and Health Services
Law and Society

Organizer: Virginia Kuulei Berndt, McDaniel College

Description: 

Reproductive autonomy and justice encompass the ability to have children, not have children, and to care for families and communities in safety and with dignity. This session features work on the impact of policies and law on reproductive autonomy and justice at local, national, international, and global levels.

Roundtable #1 Title: Reproductive Autonomy, Justice, and the Law

Presider & Discussant: Virginia Kuulei Berndt, McDaniel College

Papers:

“Abortion Stigma: The Mother of All Deviance?” Darci K. Schmidgall, The University of Oklahoma

“Community Organizing: Alternatives to Assist Undocumented Communities Experience with Intimate Partner Violence,” Leticia Morales, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work

“On Maternity Leave Policies in the United States,” Samantha (Sammie) Hailey Seymour, The George Washington University

“State of Change: Emotional, Physical, and Political Dimensions of Providing Abortion Care in Arizona After Roe,” Reagan E. Warner, Northern Arizona University

“Evaluating the Sustainability of the Delaware Contraceptive Access Now (DelCAN) Intervention: Implications for Reproductive Autonomy,” Virginia Kuulei Berndt, McDaniel College, Jamie Manzer, Access Community Health Network and Ann V. Bell, University of Delaware

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