Reproductive Rights
“In the end, anti-black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing: anti-humanism.” — Shirley Chisholm
WATCH: Social Workers for Reproductive Justice Webinar Series
WATCH The Janes on HBOmax
Archived panel discussion @ USC on The Janes
Overview: THE JANES profiles seven women in Chicago who were part of a clandestine network formed in 1968. Using code names, blindfolds and safe houses, and calling themselves JANE, they built an underground service for women seeking safe, affordable, illegal abortions.
Documentary on Reproductive Rights Pre-Roe
NEWS
Reproductive Justice: A Call-to-Action for Social Work in the Post-Roe World
with Dr. Mery Diaz & Dr. Erica Goldblatt Hyatt
“We have to think about the aspect of social work that includes mobilization, organization, and access. For so long in social work we have been very much in the room, present with our client…. [W]e’re helping them individually, I think social work[ers] felt like they were reaching the goal of the field. But the field is a social field. It’s about impacting and changing society. And in order to impact and change society, we have to be a collective. We have to organize. We have to work together. Mobilize. […] Part of that is being politically intelligent. Having political will.”
– Mery Diaz
A message from Dean Gehlert on overturning Roe vs. Wade
June 27, 2022
See USC news article featuring Clinical Nursing Professor Cynthia Sanchez
Roe v. Wade repeal may exacerbate women’s health inequities
NASW Condemns Decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to Overturn Roe v. Wade
CSWE Disagrees with Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade
Resources
Social Workers for Reproductive Justice
Social Work and the Reproductive Justice Framework
Reproductive Justice and the Social Work Profession: Common Grounds and Current Trends
Advancing Reproductive Justice to Close the Health Gap: A Call to Action for Social Work
Reproductive Justice and the Social Work Profession: Common Grounds and Current Trends