Building Bridges, Not Bars: Strategies for a More Just Future for the Latine Community

Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 3 PM ET

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In the United States, the intersecting challenges of daily life and hardships entangle the Latine
community in the crosshairs of law enforcement, family policing, and the court system.
Encounters resulting from perceived immigration, pregnancy, or employment status; the lack of access to health care; and even intra- and interstate travel can make people more susceptible to state or institutional surveillance. In this program, our panel will explore immigration, drug, and reproductive health policies, and how they interact to compound vulnerabilities for punitive treatment. The panel will also discuss legal and policy strategies to mitigate these issues.

Speakers:
Astrid Marisela Ackerman – Staff Attorney, Center for Reproductive Rights
Maritza Perez Medina – Director of Federal Affairs, Drug Policy Alliance
Lourdes Rivera – President, Pregnancy Justice

Moderator:
Reana Garcia – Lead Attorney and Owner, Reana Garcia Law Group, LLC

Presented by the Hispanic National Bar Association Criminal Law Section and the ABA Coalition on Racial and Ethnic Justice.

Thank you to our co-sponsors: 
ABA Section on Civil Rights and Social Justice
ABA Commission on Disability Rights
ABA Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights and ResponsibilitiesABA Commission on Racial & Ethnic Diversity in the Profession
ABA Commission on Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity
ABA Commission on Women in the Profession
ABA Council for Diversity in the Educational Pipeline

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Additional Resources:

• Pregnancy as a Crime: A Preliminary Report on the First Year After Dobbs, Pregnancy Justice, September 2024
• The Legal Assault on Pregnant People's Personhood, Pregnancy Justice, September 2024
• The Rise of Pregnancy Criminalization Post-Dobbs, Times interview with Lourdes Rivera, President, Pregnancy Justice, September 2024
• At least 210 pregnant people faced criminal charges following Dobbs ruling, CBS video interview with Dana Sussman, Senior Vice President, Pregnancy justice, September 2024
• Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty ends criminalization of pregnancy for people struggling with substance use, Hennepin County, July 2024
• Fact sheet, The Impact of the Overdose Crisis on Latinx Communities in the United States, July 2024 
• Report, Disrupt and Vilify: The War on Immigrants Inside the U.S. War on Drugs, July 2024 
• Attorney General Bonta Announces Settlement Against Adventist Over Unauthorized Patient Disclosures to Law Enforcement, State of California DOJ, June 2024
• Differential Rights: How Abortion Bans Impact Latinas in Their Childbearing Years,  UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute, December 2022
• The Constitutional Right to Reproductive Autonomy: Realizing the Promise of the 14th Amendment, June 2022
• Voices from Abortion Ban States - Center for Reproductive Rights