Bodily autonomy, privacy, and access to abortion all matter for people with disabilities; reproductive justice is a disability justice issue. Last week’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling will have a big effect on our community, because the Supreme Court plays a big role in interpreting and enforcing laws that affect people with disabilities. It’s important to understand what our rights around reproductive health care, especially abortion, are right now.
ASAN is holding a webinar series to talk about what the Supreme Court decision means for our rights, reproductive justice as disability justice, and the legal implications of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling. It’s important to have accessible information on decisions like this that affect our community, so all three webinars will be in plain language.
On Thursday, June 30 from 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM ET, we will be holding Our Bodies, Our Rights: What’s Going On at the Supreme Court?
In this webinar, we will talk about:
- What is Roe v. Wade?
- What is Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization?
- Why does abortion matter to people with disabilities?
- Why do bodily autonomy and self-determination matter to people with disabilities?
Join us for Our Bodies, Our Rights: What’s Going On at the Supreme Court?
On Thursday, July 7 from 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM ET, we will be holding Where We Are Heading: Legal Implications of Dobbs.
In this webinar, we will talk about:
- What cases were affected by the ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, such as Roe v. Wade?
- What rights are affected by this ruling?
- What does the right to privacy mean and how is it impacted by this ruling?
- What is the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?
- What does stare decisis mean and how it is impacted by this ruling?
Join us for Where We Are Heading: Legal Implications of Dobbs.
On Thursday, July 14 from 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM ET, we will be holding Resisting Together: Reproductive Justice as Disability Justice.
In this webinar, we will talk about:
- What is reproductive justice?
- What is disability justice?
- What is forced sterilization?
- Why does access to reproductive health care matter to people with disabilities?
- What does self-determination have to do with reproductive justice?
Join us for Resisting Together: Reproductive Justice as Disability Justice.
All three webinars are open to everyone, but we especially want to invite self-advocates and allies to attend! They will be around 90 minutes each and will also be streamed on YouTube. The webinars will be on Zoom and will have CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation). If you have any questions or would like to request any additional accommodations such as ASL interpretation, please email dstrauss@autisticadvocacy.org.