Roe vs. Wade: An Intergenerational Conversation

Jill June

Tuesday, 24 Feb 2004 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union

Jill June is president of Planned Parenthood of Greater Iowa. She was named Ms. Magazine Women of the Year 2002 for refusing to violate the confidentiality of her clients and successfully fighting an attempt by police in Storm Lake, Iowa, to subpoena Planned Parenthood of Greater Iowa's patient records as part of the investigation of the death of a newborn. Krista Jacob is the founder and editor-in-chief of Sexing the Political: A Journal of Third Wave Feminists on Sexuality, and edited Our Choices, Our Lives: Unapologetic Writings on Abortion. She has a long history of involvement in women's issues, from domestic violence and sexual assault to reproductive freedom.

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