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In this seminar, we will explore the significance of struggles over reproductive rights in the United States. Throughout the course, we will ask such questions as: What is reproductive freedom and why has attaining it been so central to women’s liberation movements? Why have attempts to regulate reproduction been …
In this seminar, we will explore the significance of struggles over reproductive rights in the United States. Throughout the course, we will ask such questions as: What is reproductive freedom and why has attaining it been so central to women’s liberation movements? Why have attempts to regulate reproduction been so prevalent in American politics?
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This mural was designed by women imprisoned at Riker’s Island, a jail in New York City, and was painted by the women’s children on a wall in East Harlem. In addition, the children designed a mural that the mothers then painted inside a building at Rikers. Read more about the project, If Walls Could Talk. (Image courtesy of Matt Green on Flickr. CC NC-BY-SA.)
