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Abstract
Adolescence is a time of identity formation, when young people figure out who they are and who they want to be. One of the ways they do this is by considering the world around them, paying attention to social issues and starting to understand their society and their place in it. Laws and policies signal to young people what society thinks of their value, their role in society and their opportunities for the future. But the experience of growing up in the post-Roe v. Wade era looks very different from that before the 50-year precedent was overturned in 2022. Following the Dobbs v. Jackson Supreme Court decision, two-thirds of U.S. adolescents now live in a state with severely restricted or no legal abortion access. As a result, today’s young people are coming of age in what has been termed an “era of rights retractions.” This talk will provide a data-based account of how, following Dobbs, the experience of adolescence and young adulthood in America has fundamentally changed and how rights retractions are not only affecting those who need an abortion – they are shaping an entire generation.

Biography:
Dr. Julie Maslowsky is Associate Professor of Health Behavior and Clinical Sciences at the University of Michigan School of Nursing, Associate Professor of Health Behavior and Health Equity at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and Research Associate Professor at the UM Institute for Social Research. She is a developmental psychologist and population health scientist who studies adolescent health, with a focus on sexual and reproductive health including contraception and abortion. Her research integrates adolescent developmental science with population and reproductive health to inform developmentally appropriate policies and practices on adolescent sexual and reproductive health.