Reproductive Rights in 2020

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June Medical Services v. Russo and COVID-19

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Event Description

2020 has been a notable year for reproductive rights. On one hand, the Supreme Court has decided June Medical Services v. Russo, its first abortion-related case following the changeover from Justices Scalia and Kennedy to Gorsuch and Kavanaugh. On the other hand, the COVID-19 pandemic has also impacted access to abortion, sexual health, and reproductive health services. For example, hospitals have been struggling with how to keep patients and providers safe from COVID-19 while respecting the autonomy of laboring parents. Some policymakers have labeled abortion services non-essential while some providers work to use telehealth to deliver reproductive services. Join us for a discussion of the Supreme Court’s decision in June Medical and a dissection of the impact that COVID-19 has had on this field.

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Panelists

  • Introduction: Carmel Shachar, Executive Director, The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School
  • Mary Ziegler, Stearns Weaver Miller Professor of Law, Florida State University College of Law
  • Jamille Fields Allsbrook, Director of Women’s Health and Rights, Center for American Progress
  • Louise P. King, Director of Reproductive Bioethics at the Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics and Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School
  • Julie Rikelman, Senior Director, Center for Reproductive Rights and lead attorney for the plaintiffs in June Medical Services LLC v. Russo
  • Moderator: Emily Bazelon, staff writer at The New York Times Magazine and Truman Capote Fellow for Creative Writing and Law at Yale Law School

Sponsored by the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School.