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Harvard Radcliffe Institute held a major public conference January 26–27, 2023, to probe the complex and unpredictable ways that Roe v. Wade and its aftermath shaped the United States and the world beyond it for nearly half a century. The existential issue of abortion—and the galvanizing impact of Roe in particular—transformed the nation’s politics and public policy and its social movement energies, as well as the operations of the courtroom and the clinic.

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, eminent thinkers gathered as a diverse group, along many axes of difference, neither to praise Roe nor to bury it. Focusing on five major themes—voices from the front lines, international contexts, race and class, American public life, and visions of the future—a broad array of scholars, clinicians, and activists engaged in searching, interdisciplinary discussions to anatomize Roe’s impacts, including in the post-Dobbs landscape.

0:00 Program
Friday, January 27, 2023

00:58 Session 3: American Public Life

6:16 Kristin Kobes Du Mez, professor of history, Calvin University
18:16 Aziza Ahmed, professor of law, Boston University School of Law
30:07 Daniel K. Williams, professor of history, University of West Georgia

42:41 Q&A
Moderator: Andrew R. Lewis, associate professor, School of Public and International Affairs, University of Cincinnati

For information about Harvard Radcliffe Institute and its many public programs, visit https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/.

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