ST-Hist/ReproductiveRightsLaw Semester: Spring Year: 2019 Subject Name: History Course Number: 397RR Institution: UMass Amherst This course will explore the history of reproductive rights law in the United States, centering the reading of statutes, court decisions, amicus briefs, and law review articles. We will look at the progression of cases and legal reasoning involving a wide variety of reproductive rights issues, including forced sterilization, contraception, abortion, forced pregnancy/c-sections, policing pregnancy (through welfare law, employment policies and criminal law), and reproductive technologies. We will pay particular attention to how differently situated women were/are treated differently by the law, particularly on the basis of age, class, race, sexual orientation, and ability. We will also examine the role lawyers have historically played in advancing (or constraining) the goals of the reproductive rights movement(s) and explore the effectiveness of litigation as a strategy to secure these rights. Finally, we will consider the question of reproductive rights versus reproductive justice and whether reproductive justice can be obtained through advocating for reproductive rights Comments: Open to Seniors, Juniors & Sophomores only. Prior law related coursework helpful, but not required. Instructor Permission: Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only. Schedule #: 15551 Course Sections Year - Any -20192018201720162015201420132012 Term - Any -FallSpring Subject Course Number Institution - Any -Amherst CollegeHampshire CollegeMount Holyoke CollegeSmith CollegeUMass Amherst Section Number ST-Hist/ReproductiveRightsLaw Sect # Credits Instructor(s) Instructor Email Meeting Times Location 01 3.0 Jennifer Nye jlnye@history.umass.edu TU TH 10:00AM 11:15AM Herter Hall room 206