50 years post Roe v. Wade/
1 year post Dobbs v. Jackson
Sunday, October 15, 9:30 a.m.
Weinstein JCC
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
In 1973, Justice Harry A. Blackmun handed down the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark 7-2 decision. Nearly five decades later, that ruling — and its protections — has not survived.
Reproductive care is fundamentally about health and patient autonomy. Reproductive health choices, based on full and accurate medical information and guidance, must be made in accordance with a woman’s own religious, moral and ethical values.
The vast majority of Virginians support keeping a woman’s freedom to choose what’s best for her health and the religious freedoms that support that; and we want to ensure these freedoms are protected for all women.
Hadassah Richmond is presenting a relevant and thought-provoking program, Religious Freedom/Women’s Reproductive Rights from a Jewish Perspective, 50 Years Post Roe v. Wade, 1 year post Dobbs v. Jackson on Sunday, Oct. 15, 9:30 a.m. at the Weinstein JCC.
Our keynote speaker will be Heather Booth, an iconic American civil rights activist. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Booth).
Booth is one of the country’s leading strategists about progressive issue campaigns and driving issues in elections. She started organizing during the civil rights and women’s movements of the 1960s. Booth started JANE, an underground abortion service in 1965, before Roe.
There is a new HBO documentary about this called “The JANES,” and a new Hollywood film version of the story, “Call JANE.”
As a Jewish women’s organization, Hadassah Richmond has the unique ability to share this information with the community regarding these important issues that speak to us all. The program will feature other speakers and will include concerns from the religious, medical and legislative perspectives and how we can advocate for our freedoms.
The program will be open to Hadassah members from across the Commonwealth as well as members of the local Jewish community. A link for registration for this event will open in late August.
There will be a limited opportunity for lunch with Heather Booth after our program.
For more details, ask Ann Eisenberg, annbeisenberg@gmail.com or Gail Moskowitz, gdmoskowitz@hadassah.org.
