The Supreme Court and Reproductive Rights
Eve Gartner
Sunday, 28 Oct 2007 at 7:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Eve Gartner is a senior staff attorney in the Public Policy Litigation & Law Department of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), where she challenges attempts to restrict access to reproductive healthcare, advises Planned Parenthood affiliates around the country about the legal issues raised by such attempts, and assists those affiliates in designing proactive legislative and public advocacy strategies to improve access to women's health services. Prior to joining PPFA in 1997, Gartner served for four years as a senior staff attorney at the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy. She has been involved in several key reproductive rights cases. She was lead counsel in Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood Federation of America, a challenge to the federal abortion ban that was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in April of 2007. Other notable cases include Erickson v. Bartell Drug Co., the first case to establish that a private employer's failure to provide insurance coverage for prescription contraception constitutes sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Constitution Day LectureCosponsored By:
- Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance
- Margaret Sloss Women's Center
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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