OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR FREE | ONLINE ONLY | OPTIONAL 1.5 CE HOURS AVAILABLE FOR A DISCOUNTED FEE.
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Hosted by: Columbia School of Social Work through the Reproductive Justice Initiative, Social Work Action Lab for Social Justice , and Office of Professional Excellence; and Columbia University Institute for The Study of Sexuality and Gender
This project is funded in part by the Racial Justice Mini-Grant Program through University Life and supported by the Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life
Description and Objectives
We welcome you to join us for a panel discussion on recent Texas legislation regarding abortion access, SB 8, and its social, personal, health, and political implications. Panelist will also describe the intersectional impact of anti-abortion access legislation.
By attending, participants will better
- understand the disproportionate impact that the SB 8 law has on Black women and women of color, immigrants and refugees, impoverished persons, young people, trans and nonbinary persons, single mothers, and survivors of incest, rape and domestic violence
- identify action steps that they can take to assure access by all individuals to their legal right to abortion and reproductive health more generally
Panelists
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