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In “Fighting Mad,” UCSB professor Laury Oaks examines how infant surrender policies are being used to justify restrictions on reproductive choice—and the ongoing fight for reproductive justice in the post-Roe era.

What baby safe haven laws reveal about reproductive justice

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Leah Stokes on a chair holding a plant
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Matt Perko
UC Santa Barbara associate professor Leah Stokes researches public policy, public opinion and political behavior, with a focus on energy, environment and climate change.
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Helicopter-borne units of an FSLN counterinsurgency battalion landing in the middle of the tropical forest.
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Jigna Desai - a woman with dark hair and glasses with brown skin
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Jeff Liang
Professor Jigna Desai, director of UCSB's Center for Feminist Futures
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Debra Herrick
Nelson Lichtenstein
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A person walks past a Vote Here sign in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Climate concerns likely gave Democrats the White House in 2020
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Giuliana Perrone photographed in black and white outdoors in sunlight
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Matt Perko
Giuliana Perrone, October 2023