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Thursday, March 15, 2018 at 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Rockefeller Hall, 190
Central Campus
Since 2009, nearly half of all state legislatures have considered bills to prohibit sex-selective abortion. The majority of the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of a similar ban in 2012. The laws stigmatize and stereotype Asian Americans, restrict women’s access to non-selective abortion, and are likely unconstitutional. Yet, elected officials who are pro-choice have voted in favor of the bans. Liberal media sources wrongly report that Asian Americans are aborting female fetuses at rates similar to people in India and China. Pro-choice people appear to be torn about how to react to these particular abortion restrictions.
Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Studies
Trisica Munroe
607.255.6481
Sital Kalantry
Cornell Law School
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