CNLW-340 : Reproductive Justice

In the wake of the anticipated Supreme Court decision on the status of abortion rights in America, this course aims to investigate what reproductive rights currently exist and within that context, explore what reproductive justice was, is or should be considering current laws at the state and federal level. Reproductive justice is defined as an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the barriers people face in exercising autonomy over their bodies and control over their health and reproductive lives. To that end, our analysis of these issues will require examining them from a social scientific intersectional lens. In addition, these questions require both national and international perspectives as we explore practical solutions from both a legal and extra legal point of view. Of course, a portion of the course will address the topic of abortion, but other topics will include trafficking, birth control access, pregnancy care, surrogacy, and fertility fraud. No prerequisites.