States and the Battle to Secure Reproductive Freedoms Post-Dobbs

Keynote Speaker: Professor Michele Goodwin, Linda D. & Timothy J. O’Neill Professor of Constitutional Law and Global Health Policy

Michele Bratcher Goodwin is the Linda D. & Timothy J. O’Neill Professor of Constitutional Law and Global Health Policy and Co-Faculty Director of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law. Dr. Goodwin is one to the most cited health law scholars in the world and a highly regarded public intellectual with commentaries appearing in the NY Times, Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Nation, the L.A. Times, Newsweek, Ms. magazine and other publications. She has testified before state and federal legislators on matters of health and reproductive justice. Dr. Goodwin is the author of six books and over 100 articles and commentaries on matters of law, medicine, reproductive health, and biotechnologies. She is the 2022 recipient of the American Bar Association’s Margaret Brent Award and in 2023 she was honored by the California Women’s Law Center with their prestigious Pursuit of Justice Award. Dr. Goodwin is author of the award-winning book, Policing The Womb: Invisible Women and The Criminalization of Motherhood.

Panel 1: Democracy in Action (9:45 AM – 10:45 AM)

• Deborah Machalow — Assistant Professor of Law, University of Toledo College of Law presenting on Miscarriage of Democracy: What Happened in Arkansas, Florida, Nebraska, and South Dakota to Defeat Abortion-Related Ballot Measures in 2024
• Lesley Bauer — Law Clerk to the Honorable Joseph Klein, Minnesota Judicial Branch presenting on How States Decide: The Role of Judicial Selection in Modern Abortion Jurisprudence
• Kathryn Abrams — Herma Hill Kay Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California-Berkeley School of Law; Faculty Director, Center of Reproductive Rights and Justice presenting on The “Who” and “How” of State-Based Reproductive Change: Uncovering the Role of Social Movements

Break (10:45 AM – 11:00 AM)

Panel 2: Dobbs on Family Planning (11:00 AM – 12:15 PM)

• Shanta Trivedi — Professor of Law, University of Baltimore School of Law presenting on Domestic and State Violence After Dobbs
• Stewart Chang — Professor of Law, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas presenting on A Right to Be Born? What Dobbs Could Mean for Artificial Reproductive Technologies
• Margaret Johnson — Professor of Law, University of Baltimore School of Law presenting on Reproductive Freedom and the Full Personhood of Pregnant and Birthing People
• Naomi Cahn — Justice Anthony M. Kennedy Distinguished Professor of Law, Armistead M. Dobie Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law and Sonia Suter — Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School presenting on State Abortion Exceptionalism

Luncheon and Keynote Address (12:15 PM – 1:30 PM)

• Professor Michele Goodwin, Linda D. & Timothy J. O’Neill Professor of Constitutional Law and Global Health Policy

Panel 3: Dobbs in Conservative States (1:30 PM – 2:30 PM)

• Mark Dorosin — Associate Professor and Director of Legal Clinics and Field Placements, Florida A&M University College of Law presenting on Elections Don’t Have Consequences—How 58% of Florida Voters Supported Abortion Rights and Still Lost
• Wendy Heipt — Senior Reproductive Rights Counsel, LegalVoice – Seattle, WA, with William Mitchell — Policy Counsel and Lobbyist, LegalVoice – Boise, ID, and Kelly O’Neill — Litigation Attorney, LegalVoice – Boise, ID presenting on Matsumoto v. Labrador: Idaho’s Abortion Trafficking Law
• Laura Kessler — Professor of Law, University of Utah, S.J. Quinney School of Law presenting on The Study of Abortion in Utah Before and After Dobbs

Break (2:30 PM – 2:45 PM)

Panel 4: Calls to Action (2:45 PM – 4:15 PM)

• Sara Ainsworth — Chief Legal & Policy Director, If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice and Leigh Goodmark — Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development and Marjorie Cook Professor of Law, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law presenting on Dobbs, Domestic Violence, and Self-Managed Abortion
• Janet Levit — Professor of Law, University of Tulsa College of Law, with  Miriam Marton — Associate Professor Director of the General Practice Clinic, University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law, and Rebecca Reingold — Associate Director, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University Law Center presenting on The University of Tulsa College of Law Reproductive Justice Practicum: A Case Study
• Claire Decoteau — Professor of Sociology, University of Illinois, Chicago and Kim Ricardo — Professor of Law, Lucy Sprague Professor in Public Interest, University of Illinois, Chicago School of Law presenting on Navigating the Fractured Reproductive Healthcare Landscape
• Jamie Abrams — Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law presenting on Mobilizing State Tort Bar Associations to Counter the Standard of Care Crisis for Pregnant Persons
• Hugh McClean — Professor of Law, University of Baltimore School of Law presenting on The Military’s Abortion Crisis in the Aftermath of Dobbs

Reception (4:15 PM – 5:30 PM)

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