The Secret Life of Antlered Girls

Today is the anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

This Thursday, come see a film which is really important to me, in which ten women (including me) tell our stories:
Speak Out: Roe v. Wade in the 21st Century on Thursday, January 25
at 7 p.m. in 304 Barnard Hall

In honor of the 34th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Barnard/Columbia Students For Choice invites you to a screening of Speak Out: I Had an Abortion and a discussion on the state of abortion rights thirty four
years after this landmark Supreme Court Decision.

On hand for the discussion will be filmmaker/producer Jennifer Baumgardner, writer Katha Pollitt, and reproductive rights activist/organizer Anne Keenan.

Thursday, January 25 at 7 p.m. in 304 Barnard Hall (located at 117th St. and Broadway)

In 1973, the Supreme Court decided the landmark reproductive rights case Roe v. Wade, in which they deemed abortion a fundamental and legal right under the United States Constitution. Yet thirty four years later, abortion rights have been increasingly curtailed through both state and federal legislation; in the last five years alone, the
United States Congress passed into law the so-called Partial Birth Abortion ban, South Dakota’s government banned abortion in nearly all circumstances, and pharmacists across the country are refusing to dispense birth control.

What role does Roe v. Wade play in the fight for reproductive rights in the 21st century? Should pro-choice activists place the majority of their focus on upholding Roe v. Wade, or is our energy better spent on other reproductive rights-related issues? These questions and many others will be addressed by filmmaker/producer/writer Jennifer Baumgardner, writer/columnist Katha Pollitt, and Planned Parenthood activist/organizer Anne Keenan. Preceding this discussion will be a screening of the documentary film Speak Out: I Had an Abortion, which explores the personal experiences of women who have had abortions and the ways in which there is still a “back room” of secrecy over abortion despite it being a legal entitlement today.