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Samira Mehta. Photo courtesy University of Colorado at Boulder
Words Count: From "Woman" to "Mother," "Embryo" to "Child" May 09, 2024
Samira Mehta, an associate professor of women and gender studies and Jewish studies at the University of Colorado, discusses how words like “sacred,” “ensoulment,” “mother,” and “baby” have been used by both sides of the culture war over reproductive rights and how they have changed our perception of pregnancy.

Samira Mehta, Ph. D., is the Director of the Jewish Studies program at the University of Colorado in Boulder. She is currently a resident at Harvard Divinity School, working on a book about the religious battle over abortion.


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