Questions of bodily autonomy have always been central at BCRW, which held its first conference one month after the 1973 Roe decision, and we will continue to use our archives, publications, and events to support activists, artists, and scholars who are teaching and organizing around these issues.Ĭlaire Tow Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies We now have to struggle even more fiercely for reproductive justice - the ability to maintain autonomy over our bodies, live free from systemic violence and harm, and sustain the kinds of families we want to form. But the decision is also a chilling reminder that so many of us - gender nonbinary, trans, queer, Black, immigrant, Indigenous, disabled people, and financially vulnerable women - are still not seen as fully human in the eyes of the State, and our bodies are often criminalized. Jackson is devastating because it denies those of us who can give birth the right to safely access a procedure that has always been a necessary part of reproductive healthcare. Senior Associate Director, Barnard Center for Research on Women (BCRW)
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