Session 11: Religious Liberty, Race & Reproduction (Full Session)

In recent years, there has been an onslaught of legislation and litigation curtailing reproductive rights in the name of “religious freedom.” In this session, learn how Black women in the Antebellum era and today have resisted both reproductive controls and this narrow conception of “religious liberty” by fighting to make decisions about their reproductive and family lives that reflect their own diverse religious, spiritual, and moral values.
Speakers:
Dr. Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Stanford University
Prof. Brietta R. Clark, Fritz B. Burns Dean and Professor of Law, LMU Loyola Law School
This is Session 11 of the Black Religious Liberty Curriculum (BRLC), a 12-part video series of conversations on the intersection of race, religion, and the law, featuring law professors, historians, theologians, religious studies scholars, activists, and preachers. The curriculum was created by Columbia Law School’s Law, Rights, and Religion Project with support from the Columbia Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life and the Proteus Fund’s Rights, Faith, and Democracy Collaborative. Video editing by ANKOSfilms.
Watch the rest of the curriculum series, at LawRightsReligion.org/our-work/brlc