Thursday, April 30 / 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM   •   Sapphire Ballroom I

Session 89:
Fertility, Family Planning, and Sexual Health: Policies and Politics

Chair: Rachel S. Robinson, American University
Discussant: Karen Hardee, Population Council

  1. Medical Societies and Contentious Policy Reform: the Ethiopian Society for Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ESOG) and Ethiopia’s 2005 Reform of Its Penal Code on AbortionSarah Jane Holcombe, University of California, Berkeley

  2. Understanding Power in Sexual and Reproductive Health Policy and Legislative Reform Processes in KenyaRose N. Oronje, African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) ; Eliya M. Zulu, African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP)

  3. Norms, Politics, and Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Policies: A Cross-National Comparative AnalysisMelinda Mills, University of Oxford

  4. Love Crimes: Criminalization of Same-Sex Sexualities in Three African CountriesTara McKay, University of California, Berkeley ; Nicole Angotti, American University

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