Katz Lecture Focuses on Remote Reproductive Rights

The 8th Annual Katheryn D. Katz ’70 Memorial Lecture Series brought Rachel Rebouché, Dean of Temple University’s Beasley School of Law and the James E. Beasley Professor of Law to present “Re-mote

Reproductive Rights.” This lecture maps the emergence of virtual abortion care and analyzes the potential trajectory of medication abortion access, given that the Supreme Court has overturned constitutional protections for abortion. It considers the limits of telehealth for abortion—who telehealth can reach and who it cannot. It also examines how portability of abortion pills, when mailed by prescribers or dispensed by certified pharmacies, will test how closely states officials (or anyone else) can police or impede access to medication abortion.