LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES COURSES

Reproduction and Reproductive Justice in the Americas

Spring 2026

LAS 4935
Section MWU2, Class #20890

LAS 6938
Section MWG2, Class #20682

Days: Mondays
Times: 12:50 - 3:50 pm
Location: Grinter 376

Course description

This course looks at reproduction and reproductive control as a means of empire and nation-building in the Americas. It also examines foundational reproductive justice theory and the history of reproductive rights activism in both the US and Latin America. Finally, we will consider adoption, surrogacy, and parenting through a reproductive justice lens.

Professor

Meg Weeks
Assistant Professor
Center for Latin American Studies
378 Grinter Hall
352-273-4708
weeksm@ufl.edu