
A Conversation with Carrie Baker – Abortion Pills: US History and Politics
February 27 at 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
A Conversation with Carrie Baker – Abortion Pills: US History and Politics
Thursday, February 27th | 12:00–1:15 PM EST | Zoom
Join us for a compelling virtual event with Carrie Baker, professor in the Program for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Smith College and a writer for Ms. Magazine. Carrie will discuss her work on women’s rights and her latest book, Abortion Pills: US History and Politics. The event includes a 45-minute presentation followed by a 30-minute interactive Q&A session. Don’t miss this engaging Zoom conversation!
About Abortion Pills: US History and Politics
This is the first book to offer a comprehensive history of abortion pills in the United States. Public intellectual and lawyer Carrie N. Baker shows how courageous activists waged a decades-long campaign to establish, expand, and maintain access to abortion pills. Weaving their voices throughout her book, Baker recounts both dramatic and everyday acts of their resistance. These activists battled anti-abortion forces, overly cautious policymakers, medical gatekeepers, and fearful allies in their four-decade-long fight to free abortion pills. In post-Roe America, abortion pills are currently playing a critically important role in providing safe abortion access to tens of thousands of people living in states that now ban and restrict abortion. Understanding this struggle will help to ensure continued access into the future.
Meet the Author and Guest Speaker
Carrie Baker, Author, Professor, and Writer and Contributing Editor for Ms. Magazine
Carrie N. Baker is the Sylvia Dlugasch Bauman Professor of American Studies and the Chair of the Program for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality at Smith College. She has written four previous books and scores of peer-reviewed scholarly articles on gender, law and social movements for women’s rights. She is a regular writer and contributing editor at Ms. magazine, covering reproductive rights, discrimination in employment and education, sexual harassment, and the Equal Rights Amendment.
Carrie Baker’s latest book, Abortion Pills: US History and Politics, is available for free or to purchase through the Michigan Publishing Services website or your local bookstore! Ask for it at Olive Tree Books-n-Voices