Academic Year 2014-2015
Event Title
How the Law Shapes Gender Identity: Antiabortion Shibboleths in the Law
Location
Alvin Sherman Library, 2nd Floor Gallery
Start Date
12-3-2015 12:00 PM
End Date
12-3-2015 1:00 PM
Disciplines
Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Gender and Sexuality | Law and Gender | Women's Studies
Description
In recent years, many laws have been passed to create new regulations on abortion that are based on disputed factual claims about the fetus, pregnant women, and women's experience of abortion. The Court's willingness to support these claims perpetuates stereotypes based on gender and lends legal authority to a particular view of what constitutes proper gender identity. This talk will explain recent relevant court cases and why these laws should be found unconstitutional based on the concept of liberty defined in the 14th amendment due process clause.
How the Law Shapes Gender Identity: Antiabortion Shibboleths in the Law
Alvin Sherman Library, 2nd Floor Gallery
In recent years, many laws have been passed to create new regulations on abortion that are based on disputed factual claims about the fetus, pregnant women, and women's experience of abortion. The Court's willingness to support these claims perpetuates stereotypes based on gender and lends legal authority to a particular view of what constitutes proper gender identity. This talk will explain recent relevant court cases and why these laws should be found unconstitutional based on the concept of liberty defined in the 14th amendment due process clause.