Rabbi Jacob M. Rothschild Memorial Lecture

From the venue:

“Religious Misconceptions: American Jews, the First Amendment, and the Politics of Abortion”

Liberal. religious Jews strongly advocated for legal abortion access between the 1970s and the turn of the twenty-first century. Why did they do so, and on what grounds? Join Dr. Rachel Kranson, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Director of Jewish Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, as she shares from her ongoing research. In this talk, Kranson will uncover the history of the American Jewish lawyers and activists who advocated for abortion access to be protected by First Amendment guarantees. Their work has become even more important as the US enters a post-Roe era, and experts are looking for new legal avenues through which to protect reproductive freedom.