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Oct. 6 Speaker Recalls Era Before Roe v. Wade, Why Abortion Rights Should be Preserved
September 23, 2005
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Contact:
Teresa Hornsby
Assistant Professor, Philosophy & Religion
Director, Women’s Studies
(417) 873-7849
E-mail: thorsby@drury.edu
SPRINGFIELD, Mo., September 23, 2005— The Gender Studies program at Drury University will host speaker Renee Chelian on Thursday, Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. for a presentation, “Why We Can’t Go Back: Abortion Before Roe.”
Founder and CEO of Northland Family Planning and Vice President of the Abortion Conversation Project, Chelian will speak about times when abortions were illegal and the evolution of abortion clinics. She encourages her audiences to ask difficult questions and explore the complexity of abortion. In the past Chelian has provided training for Michigan pro-choice legislators and Medical Students for Choice.
“I enjoy talking to the so-called mushy middle,” she says, “who are honest about their ambivalence but open to new perspectives.”
The event will be held in Drury University Diversity Center in the historic Washington Avenue Baptist Church, 803 N. Drury Lane. The event is free and open to the public.
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