Join the authors of “Policing the Womb: Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood” and “After Roe: The Lost History of the Abortion Debate” for a timely and informative conversation about women’s reproductive rights in the United States. The battle over women's reproductive autonomy has intensified in recent years beyond debates about abortion rights to whether states can revoke or intervene in a pregnant woman's end of life decision-making, whether a woman can be forced to have a c-section under threat of criminal prosecution, whether falling down steps can be criminally punished during pregnancy and many other issues.

Discussion Will Include:

• The rise in state efforts to curtail women's reproductive rights as well as the legal, social, and medical implications.
• Historical backdrop and insights regarding contemporary constraints in reproductive healthcare.
• Predictions about what the future of reproductive rights might hold given the battles on these matters in state legislatures as well as the courts.
• Recent United Supreme Court decision, June Medical v. Russo.

Presented by:
Anna North (moderator), Senior Reporter, Vox
Michele Goodwin, Chancellor’s Professor of Law, UC Irvine Law
Mary Ziegler, Stearns Weaver Miller Professor, Florida State University College of Law

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LA Law Library does not provide legal advice:
LA Law Library does not provide legal advice. LA Law Library provides legal resources and assistance with legal research as an educational service. The information presented in this program is not legal advice and is provided solely as an educational service to our patrons. For legal advice, you should consult an attorney.

Celebrate Constitution Day and the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment with a deep dive into the battle for women’s suffrage. Dr. Ellen DuBois, author of Suffrage: Women’s Long Battle for the Vote, offers a fresh perspective on the long struggle for women’s voting rights, looking at roads not taken, generations of activists involved, obstacles faced and overcome, and what was – and wasn’t – won as a result.

Presented by:
Ellen Carol Dubois, Professor Emeritus, UCLA
Katie O’Laughlin, Managing Librarian, Reference & Research, LA Law Library, Chancellor’s Professor of Law, UC Irvine Law

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LA Law Library does not provide legal advice:
LA Law Library does not provide legal advice. LA Law Library provides legal resources and assistance with legal research as an educational service. The information presented in this program is not legal advice and is provided solely as an educational service to our patrons. For legal advice, you should consult an attorney.

A century after the passage of the 19^th Amendment, how far have we come?  Take a short, virtual tour of 100 Years After the 19th Amendment: Their Legacy, and Our Future, the American Bar Association’s  travelling exhibit. Now housed at LA Law Library, the exhibit  includes photographs and details about the women's suffrage movement and its influence on the struggle for voting rights. Learn who risked everything to get women the vote, how they did it and why the battle to expand democracy isn’t over yet.

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Tuesday, September 17, 2019:  6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m

When was the last time you actually READ the Constitution? The pocket version is a mere 34 pages, including Amendments, yet it touches our lives on a daily basis. Read it and share what our country's most venerable document means to YOU! What is your favorite amendment? How does it affect your daily life? Is the Constitution still relevant in today's world? Let's talk!

Presented by: Katie O'Laughlin, Managing Librarian, LA Law Library

Registration Fee: FREE
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