Emily Galpern
Emily Galpern is a consultant focusing on the intersection of reproductive justice and human biotechnologies. She specializes in policy advocacy, organizational capacity building, and education about assisted reproductive technologies and their impact on the health and rights of women and pregnant people. Emily partners with organizations and scholars in the US and internationally in the fields of reproductive rights and justice, racial justice, disability rights, LGBTQ rights, and Indigenous sovereignty to recognize how the legacies of oppression and eugenics, as well as contemporary forms of injustice, affect people’s lives and advocate together for better policies and practices. Emily has worked as a consultant and non-profit worker for more than 20 years, fighting reproductive oppression and building bridges between social justice movements.
Biopolitical Times
Entering into surrogacy arrangements during the COVID-19 pandemic is unwise and unsafe. It creates unnecessary risks and challenges for surrogates...
Image of Sonoma State Home, site of the highest number of eugenic sterilizations in California, courtesy of Alexandra Minna Stern...
Each year, an untold number of women around the world undergo egg retrieval procedures so that other women wanting to...