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The League of Women Voters of Johnson County will host an in-person Legislative Forum on Saturday, March 25, in the Hills Community Center, 110 Main St., Hills, from 9:30 -11 a.m. Doors open at 9 a.m.

Learn about abortion laws before and after the U.S. Constitution was adopted. Abortion history was the focus of the friend-of-the-court brief for “Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization” which struck down Roe v Wade in June 2022. Co-author of the amicus curiae brief Patricia Cline Cohen, professor of history emerita at the University of California Santa Barbara, will review reproductive rights in a program titled Abortion History Matters. She is joined by Lina-Maria Murillo, University of Iowa Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies, History and Latina/o/x Studies assistant professor, who will present information about the history of abortion access in Iowa.

The League of Women Voters of Johnson County will host an in-person Legislative Forum on Saturday, Feb. 25, in the Iowa City Senior Center, 28 S. Linn Street, Iowa City, from 9:30 -11 a.m. Doors open at 9 a.m.

The League of Women Voters of Johnson County will host a series of in-person Legislative Forums during the Legislative session, on the fourth Saturday in January, February and March. The first two forums will be held in the Iowa City Senior Center, 28 S. Linn Street, Iowa City, from 9:30 -11 a.m. Doors open at 9 a.m.