Erika Bachiochi and Mary Harrington: Can You Be a Pro-Life Feminist?
About this episode
The episode explores the historical roots of feminism and the relationship between feminism and abortion through a dialogue between Erika Bachiochi and Mary Harrington.
What could “Little House on the Prairie” reveal about the early roots of the feminist movement? In this episode of Socrates Dialogues, Mary Harrington is joined by Erica Bachiochi, author of “The Rights of Women,” professor, and legal scholar, who explores the often-overlooked history of women’s rights before the familiar story of the suffragettes—and challenges the modern assumption that feminism and abortion have always been inseparable. From the surprising emergence of the suffrage movement as a “home protection ballot” to the competing visions of freedom held by early feminist thinkers like Mary Wollstonecraft, Bachiochi examines how ideas about law, liberty, and the dignity of women have evolved. Throughout the conversation, they explore the power of virtue and the freedom found in embracing them by asking the question: should our understanding of rights be grounded in individual autonomy alone, or in the tradition of natural law and the belief that human reason ultimately participates in a divine order? The post Erika Bachiochi and Mary Harrington: Can You Be a Pro-Life Feminist? first appeared on Socrates in the City .
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