Author Event | Gretchen Sisson: Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood

When

Friday October 18, 2024: 6:30pm to 7:30pm  Add to Calendar /   Add to Google Calendar

Where

Downtown Library: 4th Floor Meeting Room

Description

Gretchen Sisson comes to AADL to discuss her new book, Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood. She will be joined in conversation by Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.

Gretchen Sisson, PhD is a researcher at Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health, part of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. Her studies on adoption include hundreds of in-depth interviews with women who have relinquished infants for domestic adoption over the past sixty years, with a particular focus on women who have relinquished since Roe v. Wade. Her research examining adoption decision-making after abortion denial (as part of The Turnaway Study) was cited in the Supreme Court’s dissent in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health from Justices Breyer, Kagan, and Sotomayor.

This event is in partnership with Literati Bookstore and includes a signing with books for sale.

The Library intends to provide a live stream of this event pending the presenter's permission. Please check back closer to the event for additional updates.