Reproductive Justice

• Professor Louise Keogh

Research Overview

The term “reproductive justice” was coined in the United States in 1994 by twelve black women “to build a politics that will change our lives and inevitably end our oppression.” (Ross, 2017). This loosely defined movement responded to the limitations of an individually focused reproductive choice approach by marrying it with the principles of social justice.

In Australia, the challenge of reproductive justice is to ensure that all people have the rights to, and are practically able to, maintain personal bodily autonomy, have children, not have children, have equitable access to quality assisted reproductive treatment and prenatal screening, and give birth to and parent children in a safe and healthy environment. Our team engages in collaborative research on these topics.

Staff

Prof Louise Keogh

Ms Casey Haining

Dr Bronwen Merner

Dr Shelly Makleff

Dr Jessica Moulton