4/ Using a disability reproductive justice framework, I argue that antidiscrimination law is necessary but not enough. Reproductive freedom means more than preserving ART in the abstract. It requires meaningful access for disabled people.
Robyn Powell
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Assistant Professor at Stetson University College of Law. Disability law, family law, health law, reproductive justice.
![A comment from Cathy Haarstad, board president of the Maryland-based Association for Successful Parenting: “The cost of a foster care placement currently averages $58,000 per child per year... government investment in research that benefits parents with disabilities, whose children often end up in foster care due to systemic bias, would be a good investment of taxpayer dollars.” Then, a comment from Kimberly Tissot, a cancer survivor, amputee and disability rights activist who leads the nonprofit Able South Carolina: ““[Cancelling the grant] will destroy families. This was a significantly bad move... parents with disabilities are overrepresented in the child welfare system and nobody else talks about it.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7dy52ocrrowb7mmu7kec7a4l/bafkreifpgb6jhnv5ilneruzskfq6z3ci2nhhmq43t75aagzazuyl7g4o5m)
