The League of Women Voters in Bowling Green and across Ohio are hosting a nonpartisan, fact-based webinar on women’s reproductive care amid Ohio’s changing laws.
“POST-ROE: Women’s Healthcare in Ohio: Just the Facts” virtual forum will be presented Thursday, Sept. 8, from 7-8:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend.
Following the recent Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, there has been a swirl of information and misinformation about abortion and the impact on women’s health of restrictions on abortion access. This nonpartisan, fact-based event features maternal-fetal medicine and reproductive health physicians and a legal expert to develop a better understanding of these issues:
- What are the facts from a medical and legal perspective about abortion and reproductive care and the downstream effects of these restrictions?
- What issues, situations and jeopardies are doctors, caregivers, and patients actually facing?
- What does the legal landscape in Ohio look like given the current bans, the pending legislation to further restrict abortion access, and the impact of federal actions?
The panelists will be David Hackney, M.D., Maternal Fetal Medicine; Rebecca Flyckt, M.D., Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility; Jessie Hill, J.D., Professor of Law at Case Western Reserve University.
The moderator will be Karen Kasler, Statehouse Bureau Chief, Ohio Public Radio and Television.
People can register for the webinar at bit.ly/LWVReproductiveHealth
The event is sponsored by the League of Women Voters Greater Cleveland, Shaker Heights, Cleveland Heights-University Heights. Co-sponsors include League of Women Voters of Ohio, Ashtabula, Bowling Green, Metro Columbus, Greater Dayton, Kent, Oberlin, Oxford, and Youngstown, and Real Talk, a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion program among four Leagues of Women Voters in Northeast Ohio.
The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and advocates for public policy.
