Socialism 2025: Full Schedule

4:30pm CDT

Abortion Bans as State Gender-Based Violence

Thursday July 3, 2025 4:30pm - 6:00pm CDT

Three years since the Dobbs ruling, the horrors inflicted by abortion bans began immediately and haven’t stopped. Maternal and infant mortality have surged; gruesome stories of people experiencing pregnancy complications pushed to the brink of death are a near-daily occurrence; and abusers have greater power than ever over their victims. Too often, abortion is misunderstood as a policy debate in the abstract—in reality, the laws that govern our reproductive decision-making can be life-or-death, and are inextricable from a broader policy landscape of state gender-based violence.

Speakers

Kylie Cheung

Kylie Cheung is the author of four books on gender and politics, including Coercion: Surviving and Resisting Abortion Bans with Pluto Press. Cheung’s most recent book on gender-based violence, Survivor Injustice, received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Kirkus. She is... Read More →

Sponsors

Pluto

Thursday July 3, 2025 4:30pm - 6:00pm CDT
TBA

Gender-Sexuality-Liberation, Intro