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Lecture and Discussion With Reproductive Rights Activist Bill Baird
Posted 4/29/2009
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Nels Highberg
Bill Baird, who was arrested, jailed, and charged with a felony for distributing contraceptives during a speech at Boston University in 1967, will give a lecture on Thursday, April 30, beginning at 2:45 p.m., in Auerbach Auditorium (Hillyer Hall).
The lecture and a follow-up discussion are sponsored by the All-University Curriculum and the departments of Gender Studies and Politics and Government.
In the landmark 1972 U.S. Supreme Court Decision Eisenstadt v. Baird, the court declared that unmarried people had the right to possess contraception. Baird will speak about his work at the forefront of reproductive rights activism during the Civil Rights Era.
After the conclusion of Baird’s talk, he will be joined by Nels P. Highberg, assistant professor in the Department of Rhetoric and Professional Writing and director of the Program in Gender Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Jilda Aliotta, associate professor and chair of the Department of Politics and Government, for a discussion of the past, present, and future of reproductive rights in the United States.
Students and faculty who have class until 3:20 are welcome to join us after class, just as those who have class at 3:30 are welcome to stay for as long as they can before leaving.
The lecture and a follow-up discussion are sponsored by the All-University Curriculum and the departments of Gender Studies and Politics and Government.
In the landmark 1972 U.S. Supreme Court Decision Eisenstadt v. Baird, the court declared that unmarried people had the right to possess contraception. Baird will speak about his work at the forefront of reproductive rights activism during the Civil Rights Era.
After the conclusion of Baird’s talk, he will be joined by Nels P. Highberg, assistant professor in the Department of Rhetoric and Professional Writing and director of the Program in Gender Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Jilda Aliotta, associate professor and chair of the Department of Politics and Government, for a discussion of the past, present, and future of reproductive rights in the United States.
Students and faculty who have class until 3:20 are welcome to join us after class, just as those who have class at 3:30 are welcome to stay for as long as they can before leaving.
