Abortion, Choice, and the Supreme Court: History Behind the Headlines

Date: 

Wednesday, July 6, 2022, 3:00pm

Location: 

Virtual (registration required)

Join us for our free AHA Online event, “Abortion, Choice, and the Supreme Court: History Behind the Headlines,” on Wednesday, July 6, at 3 PM ET. 

This AHA Online event brings together four leading scholars to place Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in historical context. How did we get here from Roe v. Wade (1973)? Why is history central to this jurisprudence and its implications?

Panelists:

  • Nancy F. Cott, Jonathan Trumbull Research Professor of American History, Harvard University
  • Melissa Murray, Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law and Faculty Director, Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network, New York University School of Law
  • Aaron Tang, Professor of Law, University of California, Davis School of Law

Moderated by: Leslie J. Reagan, Professor of History, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

To attend, please register. Can't make it? Don't worry-- register anyway and receive the link to the recording, which will be posted to the AHA's YouTube channel, after the event.