Should Roe v. Wade be overturned? Legal scholars and reproductive rights experts Kathryn Kolbert, co-counsel in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Mary Ziegler of Florida State University College of Law, and Catherine Glenn Foster of Americans United for Life join America's Town Hall for a timely discussion exploring the question: What does the Constitution say about reproductive rights? Lana Ulrich, senior director content for the National Constitution Center, moderates.
Participants
- Mary Ziegler is the Stearns Weaver Miller Professor at Florida State University College of Law. She is the author of After Roe: The Lost History of the Abortion Debate and Beyond Roe: Roe v Wade and the Fight for Privacy. Her third book, Abortion in America: A Legal History, Roe v. Wade to the Present, is currently under contract with Cambridge University Press. Her law review articles have appeared in leading journals and she has served as a commentator for a number of media outlets.
- Catherine Glenn Foster is president and CEO of Americans United for Life. She also serves on the boards of the Family Policy Alliance, and Rockville Women’s Center, as well as on the advisory board of the Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity. Foster is also a senior fellow in legal policy at the Charlotte Lozier Institute, a fellow with the James Wilson Institute on Natural Rights, and a fellow with the American Founding.
- Kathryn Kolbert is a public-interest attorney and journalist. She previously served as the president and CEO of People for the American Way and its Foundation, the executive producer of NPR’s Justice Talking, and co-founder and vice president of the Center for Reproductive Rights. She also served as the State Coordinating Counsel of the ACLU's Reproductive Freedom Project and as a Staff Attorney with both the Women's Law Project and Community Legal Services.
- Lana Ulrich is the senior director of content, constitutional fellow, and senior counsel at the National Constitution Center, where she manages the Center's constitutional content and programming, including podcasts, America's Town Hall programs, exhibits, the online Interactive Constitution, and the Constitution Daily blog. She also assists with any legal matters relating to the Center's operations and directs the Continuing Legal Education program.
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