After Dobbs: the Assault on Reproductive Justice and Equality

Presented by the Gender+ Justice Initiative
You can now watch the videos of the three multi-disciplinary panels and interactive discussions with leading scholars, activists, practitioners, and elected officials about the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson, which overturned Roe v. Wade and decimated the fundamental right to abortion and bodily autonomy.
Friday, September 16 – Virtual Conference
Panel 1: The Paths to Dobbs: History, Ideology, and Race

Moderated by Naomi Mezey, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center and G+JI Faculty Co-Director
With Michele Goodwin, Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine School of Law, Kathryn Kolbert, Reproductive Rights Litigator and Journalist, Krystal Leaphart, Senior Policy Analyst, National Birth Equality Collective, Ria Tabacco Mar, Director, ACLU Women’s Rights Project, Rafia Zakaria, Author, Attorney and Activist, African American Policy Forum, Mary Ziegler, Professor of Law and Historian, the University of California, Davis School of Law
Panel 2: The Meanings and Effects of Dobbs: Originalism, Criminalization, and Health Justice

Moderated by Deborah Epstein, Professor of Law, Director, Domestic Violence Clinic, Georgetown University Law Center
With Katherine Franke, Professor of Law, Columbia University School of Law, Kimala Price, Professor of Women’s Studies, San Diego State University and Member of SisterSong, WoC for Reproductive Justice Collective, Lupe Rodríguez, Executive Director, Latina Institute, Dana Sussman, Deputy Executive Director, National Advocates for Pregnant Women, Deshawn Taylor, Board-certified OB/GYN, Clinical Professor, Advocate, and owner of Desert Star Family Planning, Robin West, Professor of Law, Georgetown University
Panel 3: The Futures of Dobbs: Opportunities, Activism, and Creative Rage

Moderated by Kristi Graves, Associate Professor of Oncology and Associate Dean for Faculty Development, Georgetown University School of Medicine
With Leila Abolfazli, Director of Federal Reproductive Rights, National Women’s Law Center, Sherry Boston, District Attorney, DeKalb County, GA, Caitlin Chin, Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Victoria Nourse, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Elizabeth Reiner Platt, Director, The Law, Rights, and Religion Project, Columbia Law School, Anna Rupani, Executive Director and Advocate, Fund Texas Choice, Jose Vela, Austin City Council Member
ASL interpretation and Automatic Closed Captions. You will also find time stamps for the various segments in the description box on YouTube.
Please contact genderjustice@georgetown.edu with any questions about the event, and by 9/12 for accessibility requests.