2025 John Grant Lecture
Please join us for the annual John Grant Lecture in Healthcare Ethics on Thursday, March 27 at 3pm in the Regis Multipurpose Room. This year's speaker, Kylea L. Liese (PhD, CNM, FACNM), will present on Reproductive Justice as Resistance in Reproductive Healthcare.
Abstract:
In the last five years, reproductive healthcare in the United States has borne the weight of conservative legislative attacks, damning maternal health statistics, and public reports of obstetric violence and racism. Organized efforts from across academic, public health, medical, and non-profit sectors utilize Reproductive Justice as a framing to reform reproductive healthcare delivery. Reproductive Justice is a movement and paradigm developed by activist women of color in Chicago in 1994 that asserts the intersectionality of all individuals in their pursuit of: 1) the right to have children, 2) the right not to have children, and 3) the right to nurture the children we have in a safe and healthy environment. This life-span approach to reproductive health aligns with anthropological perspectives contextualizing and linking individual choices and the structures that shape the experiences of reproductive-aged individuals. In this talk, we look at the three tenets of reproductive justice through applied anthropological research that disrupts traditional hierarchies of power within reproductive medicine and healthcare delivery.
The lecture is free to attend, and a reception will follow. We hope to see you there!
This lecture is co-sponsored by the John F. Grant, MD Endowment, the Department of Philosophy and the Bioethics Minor Program
Please join us for the annual John Grant Lecture in Healthcare Ethics on Thursday, March 27 at 3pm in the Regis Multipurpose Room. This year's speaker, Kylea L. Liese (PhD, CNM, FACNM), will present on Reproductive Justice as Resistance in Reproductive Healthcare.
Abstract:
In the last five years, reproductive healthcare in the United States has borne the weight of conservative legislative attacks, damning maternal health statistics, and public reports of obstetric violence and racism. Organized efforts from across academic, public health, medical, and non-profit sectors utilize Reproductive Justice as a framing to reform reproductive healthcare delivery. Reproductive Justice is a movement and paradigm developed by activist women of color in Chicago in 1994 that asserts the intersectionality of all individuals in their pursuit of: 1) the right to have children, 2) the right not to have children, and 3) the right to nurture the children we have in a safe and healthy environment. This life-span approach to reproductive health aligns with anthropological perspectives contextualizing and linking individual choices and the structures that shape the experiences of reproductive-aged individuals. In this talk, we look at the three tenets of reproductive justice through applied anthropological research that disrupts traditional hierarchies of power within reproductive medicine and healthcare delivery.
The lecture is free to attend, and a reception will follow. We hope to see you there!
This lecture is co-sponsored by the John F. Grant, MD Endowment, the Department of Philosophy and the Bioethics Minor Program