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Friday, September 12, 4:30pm
Sala Quetzal, Bibliotecta, RElox 50a
free
Access — Inside the Abortion Underground and the Sixty-Year Battle for Reproductive Freedom
Author Rebecca Grant discusses Access — Inside the Abortion Underground and the Sixty-Year Battle for Reproductive Freedom
Friday, September 12, 4:30pm
Sala Quetzal
In this definitive, eye-opening history, award-winning author Rebecca Grant charts the reproductive freedom movement from the days before Roe through the seismic impact of Dobbs.
The stories in Access span four continents, tracing strategies across generations and borders. Grant centers on those activists who have been engaged in direct action to help people get the abortions they need.
In Access, we meet a cast of brave, bold, and unforgettable women: the founders of the Jane Collective, a group of anonymous providers working clandestinely between Chicago apartments to perform abortions in the pre-Roe years; the originators and leaders of the abortion fund movement; Verónica Cruz Sánchez, a Mexican activist who supports self-managed abortion with pills and fights to free women criminalized for abortion; and Rebecca Gomperts, a Dutch doctor who realized that international waters were beyond the reach of abortion bans.
Rebecca Grant
Freelance journalist based in Portland, Oregon, who covers reproductive rights, health, and justice. Her work has appeared in NPR, New York magazine, The Atlantic, VICE, The Guardian, and others.
She has received grants and fellowships from the International Women’s Media Foundation, the International Reporting Project, The Fund for Investigative Journalists, and Type Investigations. She has reported stories across the U.S. and worldwide.
Rebecca studied English and art history at Cornell University and served in the Peace Corps in Thailand. Before freelancing full-time, she worked at Washingtonian magazine.
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