Reproductive Choice Committee Update By Liz Jordan
The Reproductive Choice Committee is reading “Lady Justice: Women, the law, and the
Battle to Save America”, by Dahlia Lithwick, in three steps over the next three months. This book tells the stories about 10 women who, since 2016, responded to issues of inequity with action, including Sally Yates, the acting U.S. Attorney General, who refused to sign off on the Muslim Travel ban; Becca Heller, the founder of a refugee assistance program who brought the fight to the airports; Roberta Kaplan, the litigator who sued the neo-Nazis in Charlottesville; and Stacy Abrams, who fought to protect voting rights of millions of Georgians.
This text includes substantial notes and references that may be of interest to one or all of us. Following is our assignment for all who wish to participate:
- Read and/or listen to the book up to Chapter 4 or to page 67 by the next meeting, March 13 at 1 p.m.
- Select a passage in any part of the assigned reading we wish to discuss with the group.
- Look over the reference notes for the three assigned chapters and find a reference to investigate and share your findings with the group on March 13.
- We will ask one of our attending members to write a brief paragraph about one passage discussed and one reference that could be of interest to others for the April issue of Capital Ideas.
If you would like to join us for our discussion, please contact Liz Jordan. Her contact information is available in the Directory.