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Writing Histories of Abortion and Reproductive Health Today
27 May 2025, 10:00 am–12:00 pm
Second session of the new reading group on Sexuality, Reproductive Health, and Justice at UCL
Event Information
Open to
- All
Organiser
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Emma Day
Location
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Room 103, UCL Institute of the Americas51 Gordon SquareLondonWC1H 0PN
This reading group invites students and scholars of all disciplines and career stages to consider interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches to the study of sexuality, reproductive health, and reproductive justice.
This session will be led by Dr Emma Day.
Reading
Kelly O’Donnell and Naomi Rogers, ‘Revisiting the History of Abortion in the Wake of the Dobbs Decision,’ Bulletin of the History of Medicine 97, no. 1 (Spring 2023): 1-10.
Brianna Theobold, ‘Dobbs in Historical Context: The View from Indian Country,’ Bulletin of the History of Medicine 97, no. 1 (Spring 2023): 39-47.
Mary Fissel, Abortion: A History (London, 2025), Introduction.
Further reading
Mary Fissel, Abortion: A History (London, 2025), Chapter 4: The Botanist: New Plants, New Worlds.
Please contact Emma Day (emma-day@ucl.ac.uk) for PDFs of the readings and to express an interest in convening a reading group session in the future.
Read more about the Reading Group on Sexuality, Reproductive Health, and Justice.