The Bixby Center invites you to a seminar:

 

Fatwas, Family Planning, and the Future: Reproductive Health in Iran

 

Carolyn Sufrin, MD, MA and Jennifer Kerns, MD, MPH

Fellows in Family Planning

Department of Ob/Gyn

 

In this talk, Jennifer Kerns and Carolyn Sufrin will describe the historical, religious, and current context of family planning in the Islamic Republic of Iran.  Iran has been lauded for having one of the most successful family planning programs in the region.  How did this happen? What is the current accessibility of contraception and abortion in Iran? How do religious norms influence the acceptability of various methods?   Based on our experiences as family planning consultants in Iran, we will highlight the ways in which contraception has been actively promoted in a theocratic state, with attention to the Revolution of 1979 as a pivotal moment for reproductive health.

 

Monday, April 20, 2009

2:00 pm

Laurel Heights

3333 California Street, Room 376

San Francisco, CA