8/9 @ 7 pm Living in the Crosshairs: The Untold Stories of Anti-Abortion Terrorism

Thursday, August 6, 7:00pm
Big Blue Marble Bookstore
551 W. Carpenter Lane, Philadelphia, 19119
https://www.facebook.com/events/568165833322898/

Living in the Crosshairs: The Untold Stories of Anti-Abortion Terrorism

Authors David S. Cohen and Krysten Connon discuss their new study of violence against abortion providers in an event co-sponsored by The Women’s Medical Fund.

Living in the Crosshairs is a rich and humane portrait of women’s health professionals who persist in their work despite harassment because they believe in what they are doing. These providers’ voices have not been heard in recent debates, leaving the public with a deficient understanding of exactly how abortion is limited in this country, yet their experiences illuminate the truth of the issue of how violence limits women’s access to abortion. Drawing on ideas from interviewing providers across the country, David Cohen and Krysten Connon propose several legal and societal reforms that could improve the lives of providers, foremost among them redefining targeted harassment as terrorism rather than protest.

David S. Cohen is a law professor at Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law, where he teaches constitutional law and gender and the law. Prior to teaching, Cohen was a staff attorney at the Women’s Law Project in Philadelphia and litigated cases involving abortion clinic safety, reproductive rights, Title IX, and LGBT family law.

Krysten Connon is a 2012 graduate of the Drexel University School of Law. Following law school, Connon worked as a federal judicial law clerk. She is currently an attorney in private practice in Philadelphia.