Gender & Bodily Autonomy

Learn more about reproductive rights, gender equity, and women's political power in these conversations with authors, activists, citizen changemakers, and more. What's at stake for bodily autonomy in the courts and at the ballot box?

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Right-Wing Women Are Mobilized: Katie Gaddini
Right-Wing Women Are Mobilized: Katie Gaddini

We discuss  the enthusiasm for civic engagement by right-wing women, which translates to power and victory at the ballot box.

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Right-Wing Women Are Mobilized: Katie Gaddini
Right-Wing Women Are Mobilized: Katie Gaddini

We discuss  the enthusiasm for civic engagement by right-wing women, which translates to power and victory at the ballot box.

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Body, Law, and Liberty: Karen Thompson
Body, Law, and Liberty: Karen Thompson

We discuss the growing phenomenon of pregnancy criminalization, examine the path forward in a post-Dobbs world, and consider what a just jurisprudence of pregnancy might look like.

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Feminism at the Heart of Democracy: Dr. C. Nicole Mason
Feminism at the Heart of Democracy: Dr. C. Nicole Mason

We discuss the intersection of feminism and democracy and discover how the egalitarian underpinnings of feminism are fundamental to an equal society. Abortion bans illustrate this well. “Any time there's a conflict between the Constitution and someone's personal bodily autonomy and the subject of rights under the law, that is anti-democratic.”

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Leveling the Playing Field for Women: Cynthia Richie Terrell
Leveling the Playing Field for Women: Cynthia Richie Terrell

Cynthia Richie Terrell is the founder and executive director of RepresentWomen. We discuss institutional reforms that can reduce the barriers for women to run, win, and govern.

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