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Date:
October 19, 2026
Start:
4:00pm
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Location:
TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
For more info:
https://law.utexas.edu/humanrights/events/valena-beety-indiana-reproductive-wrongful-convictions-the-making-of-unfit-mothers/
On the web:
https://law.utexas.edu/humanrights/events/valena-beety-indiana-reproductive-wrongful-convictions-the-making-of-unfit-mothers/

Faulty forensic evidence and biased evidence relying on sex-based stereotypes have long been used to convict innocent women in situations where an accident or health event has been misconstrued as a criminal act. This talk will conceptualize and consider “reproductive wrongful convictions,” which are instances in which a noncriminal pregnancy-related event or act––such as a miscarriage, stillbirth, or taking legally prescribed medicine––is erroneously labeled as criminal. It will also attend to the ways that women with disabilities and from racially and economically subordinated communities are often labeled as “unfit” and made particularly vulnerable to these charges.

Faculty Colloquia Series:
Specific audiences:
  • Texas Law students
  • Prospective students
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • General public
Sponsored by:
  • Bernard & Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights & Justice

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the sponsor listed above or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.