Who Decides?: The Abortion Rights of Teens
Who Decides?: The Abortion Rights of Teens Wednesday, December 5, 7:30-9:00 p.m.
Harvard University, Emerson, Room 305 Shoshanna Ehrlich presented her book, Who Decides?: The Abortion Rights of Teens, which documents stories of young women from Massachusetts who decided to seek court authorization for an abortion rather than obtain parental consent. Professor Ehrlich discussed and answered questions about the social, emotional, and legal dimensions of young women who are pregnant, but unprepared to raise a child. Professor Ehrlich signed copies of her book after the talk. View photos from the event.
Sponsors:
NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Harvard Students for Choice Harvard College Democrats
About Shoshanna Ehrlich J. Shoshanna Ehrlich, J.D. is an Associate Professor of Legal Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston, where her courses include Family Law, Women and the Law, and Children’s Rights. She also teaches Family Law at Northeastern University School of Law. Professor Ehrlich is the author of many law journal articles on the reproductive rights of minors, and in 2006 she published a book entitled Who Decides?: The Abortion Rights of Teens, which draws on interviews with teens from Massachusetts who obtained judicial authorization for an abortion. She is currently working on a new book about the legal regulation of adolescent female sexuality entitled Regulating Desire: From Virtuous Maiden to the “Silver Ring Thing.” Professor Ehrlich helps to coordinate the statewide panel of attorneys who represent teens in judicial bypass hearings. She also consults with the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts and the ALCU’s Reproductive Freedom Project on issues relating to teen abortion rights, and she has provided trainings for attorneys and family planning counselors around the country. Finally, Professor Ehrlich is the editor of a training manual for attorneys in Massachusetts who represent teens in bypass hearings.
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