Reproductive Rights and Justice

Authors

Ederlina Co, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of LawFollow
Mary J. Lomax-Ghirarduzzi, University of the PacificFollow

Document Type

Lecture

Date

7-11-2022

Abstract

On Friday, June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade which eliminated federal protection for abortion rights. In response, Dr. Mary J. Lomax-Ghirarduzzi will host a virtual community space with McGeorge School of Law Professor and legal expert Ederlina Co to help process the ruling on Monday, July 11.

Professor Ederlina Co
Ederlina Co teaches Global Lawyering Skills I and II, the Prisoner Civil Rights Mediation Clinic, and Reproductive Rights and Justice. Professor Co’s research is focused on reproductive rights and justice. Her article "Abortion Privilege" was published by the Rutgers Law Review in 2021, and she is a contributing author to "Feminist Judgments: Reproductive Justice Rewritten" published by Cambridge Press in 2020.

Professor Co graduated cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center where she was Editor in Chief of The Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law. Additionally, she received the National Association of Women Lawyers’ Outstanding Law Student Award for her contribution to the advancement of women in society and she won the Women of Distinction Award in 2022 at Pacific.

She is a member of the California Bar and the District of Columbia Bar. In 2021, she began serving as a Pro Tem Judge for the Sacramento County Superior Court.

Recommended Citation

Co, Ederlina and Lomax-Ghirarduzzi, Mary J., "Reproductive Rights and Justice" (2022). Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Webinar Recordings and Conversations. 1.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/dei-webinars/1