Freedom Under Fire: Carrie Baker on Free Speech and Reproductive Rights

Join us on Wednesday, November 19, at 1 pm ET / 7 pm CET for a powerful discussion with Carrie Baker, Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies at Smith College.

Professor Baker, who has been targeted by a conservative “watch list” for outspoken faculty, will share her personal experience with censorship and attacks on academic freedom. More importantly, she will provide insight into the ongoing rollback of reproductive rights across the United States—rights that have been dismantled state by state and, in many places, eliminated entirely.

This conversation will not only shed light on the crisis facing millions of Americans but also provide insight into the challenges they face. Still, it will also focus on constructive actions we, as Democrats Abroad, can take to defend freedom, bodily autonomy, and reproductive justice for all.

Don’t miss this timely and urgent event.

About the Speaker:

Carrie N. Baker is a Professor in the Program for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, and a co-founder of the Five College Program in Reproductive Health, Rights and Justice. She recently authored the open-access book Abortion Pills: US History and Politics (Amherst College Press, 2024). Baker is the former President of the Abortion Rights Fund of Western Massachusetts; a current board member of Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts; and a co-founder of the Abortion Truth Campaign, which works to protect people from anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers' disinformation and predatory practices. She is a contributing editor and regular writer at Ms. magazine, has a monthly column in the Daily Hampshire Gazette, and has a radio show, Feminist Futures, on WHMP 101.5 in Northampton.

 

Location	Event Start Time
Vancouver, Canada	10:00 PDT
Central Time, CT	12:00 CDT
Washington, DC, USA	13:00 EDT
Amsterdam, Netherlands	19:00 CEST
Nairobi, Kenya	20:00 EAT
Dubai, United Arab Emirates	21:00 GST

WHEN

Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Time

CONTACT

Angela Fobbs
[email protected]

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