Repro Symposium 11.20.2024

Event Details

When:
Where:
Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02108

Join us for the WBA's Second Annual Reproductive Justice Symposium: Advancing Maternal Health and Improving Pregnancy Outcomes for All, co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Black Women Attorneys, Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, Massachusetts Women of Color Coalition, South Asian Bar Association-Greater Boston, and Suffolk University Law School Health and Biomedical Concentration.

With Keynote Speaker Professor Aziza Ahmed, Co-Director of the Boston University Law Program on Reproductive Justice.

PANELISTS:

  • Katia Powell-Laurent, Black Girls Nutrition, Birth and Postpartum Doula
  • Dr. Lucy Lomas, Obstetrician and Gynecologist
  • Sapna Khatri, Reproductive Justice Unit Director of the Attorney General's Office
  • Kate Symmonds, Senior Health Law Attorney, MLRI

MODERATOR:

  • Desiree Murphy, CVS Health

This program will feature a Keynote Speech and a panel discussion concerning new laws and proposed legislation in Massachusetts involving maternal health, including the recently passed Maternal Health Law.  Reception to follow!