Politics & Policy

A Vote for Health: Reproductive Rights

Past

Sep 25, 2024

10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

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Our fall election series invites leading thinkers to reflect on key issues for health in the 2024 election.

This program will consider the intersection of the 2024 election and reproductive rights. We will reflect on reproductive rights, including access to abortion and the health of populations.

This event is cohosted with Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts and the BU Program on Reproductive Justice. For questions or accommodation requests please reach out to sphevent@bu.edu.

Agenda

10:00 - 10:05 am

Opening Remarks

10:05 - 10:25 am

Session 1 Keynote

10:25 - 11:55 am

Session 1 Panel, Reproductive Rights and the Health of the Public

11:55 am - 12:15 pm

Break

Break, we invite those in person to join us for a lunch break.
12:15 - 12:20 pm

Reconvening

12:20 - 12:40

Session 2 Keynote

12:40 - 2:00 pm

Session 2 Panel, The Future of Reproductive Law and Policy

Speakers

Gretchen Borchelt

Gretchen Borchelt

Vice President for Reproductive Rights and Health, National Women’s Law Center

David S. Cohen

David S. Cohen

Professor, Thomas R. Kline School of Law, Drexel University

Jocelyn Frye

Jocelyn Frye

President, National Partnership for Women & Families

Carole Joffe

Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Health, UCSF

Dominique Lee

Dominique Lee

President and CEO, Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts

Benita Miller

Benita Miller

Vice President, US Programs, Center for Reproductive Rights

Vanessa Nicholson-Robinson

Vanessa Nicholson-Robinson

Assistant Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine

Janelle Palacios

Janelle Palacios

Founder, Encoded 4 Story; Co-founder, SquareRoot Stories

Alina Salganicoff

Alina Salganicoff

Senior Vice President and Director for Women’s Health Policy, Kaiser Family Foundation

Payal Srinivasa

Payal Srinivasa

Reproductive Health Medical Director, Fenway Health

Eleanor Klibanoff
MODERATOR

Eleanor Klibanoff

Women’s Health Reporter, Texas Tribune (Panel 1)

Nicole Huberfeld
MODERATOR

Nicole Huberfeld

Edward R. Utley Professor OF Health Law, BU School of Law and BU School of Public Health; Co-Director, BU Program on Reproductive Justice (Panel 2)

Resources

  • Ideas underpinning our election series: “A Vote for Health” by Dean Galea in The Milbank Quarterly