Understanding the Intersections of Domestic Violence and Reproductive Justice

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a time to elevate the experience and resilience of survivors. It is also a time to advocate for legal, policy, and cultural change that disrupts cycles of intimate partner violence and supports the safety, healing, and bodily autonomy of all impacted. Despite its widespread use as a form of gender-based violence, reproductive coercion remains under-discussed in both domestic violence and reproductive justice spaces. Homicide is the most frequent cause of death for pregnant and postpartum women, and over 30% of maternal injuries annually are reported IPV homicides. The post-Dobbs era of increased criminalization, surveillance, and reproductive violence by state actors has also likely emboldened, and in some instances facilitated, reproductive violence by individual actors. Please join us for a panel discussion with DV lawyers and reproductive justice advocates on meaningful opportunities to bridge the critical gap in advocacy and advance non-punitive solutions to intimate partner violence for vulnerable communities. 

Lunch provided with RSVP here.