Erika Bachiochi is a legal scholar specializing in equal protection jurisprudence, feminist legal theory, Catholic social teaching and sexual ethics.
Why you should listen
A 2018 visiting scholar at Harvard Law School, Erika Bachiochi is a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and a senior fellow at the Abigail Adams Institute in Cambridge, MA, where she founded and directs the Wollstonecraft Project. Her work can be found in The New York Times, The Atlantic, the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, CNN.com and National Affairs, among many other publications. Her newest book, The Rights of Women: Reclaiming a Lost Vision, was published by Notre Dame University Press in 2021.
Erika Bachiochi’s TED Talk
Mary Ziegler, Loretta J. Ross, Erika Bachiochi, Joshua Prager, Whitney Pennington Rodgers
The future of US reproductive rights after Roe v. Wade
1 hour 2 minutes 47 secondsThe recent leak of the US Supreme Court's draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade -- the nearly 50-year-old ruling to legalize abortion nationwide -- has left many wondering what happens next for reproductive rights in the country. In a thoughtful, at times contentious conversation between legal historian Mary Ziegler, activist Loretta J. Ross, legal scholar Erika Bachiochi and journalist Joshua Prager, a diverse panel of speakers explores what a reversal of Roe v. Wade would really mean and share their ideas for a path forward for reproductive rights in the US. (This conversation, hosted by TED current affairs curator Whitney Pennington Rodgers, was part of an exclusive TED Membership event on May 19, 2022. Visit ted.com/membership to become a TED Member.)Posted May 2022
