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Council on Contemporary FamiliesCouncil19onthContemporaryFamiliesAnnual Conference18th Annual ConferenceFamilies As TheyReally FamiliesAreConceivingAmericanDemographics stin the 21 Century:Reproductive Policies,Practices, and TechnologiesMarch 2, 2018DoubleTree Hotel – University Area1617 N Interstate 35 Frontage RdAustin, TX 78702CO-SPONSORSUniversity of Texas at AustinPopulation Research CenterDepartment of SociologyChild and Family Research PartnershipHuman Development and Family SciencesWomen's and Gender StudiesDepartment of Population HealthPopulation Health InitiativeUniversity of PennsylvaniaDepartment of SociologyNorthwestern UniversityCommunication StudiesUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstThe Center for Research on Families

Friday March 2, 20188:30 am – 5:30pmOn Site RegistrationMedia Workshop8:00 am11:20 am – 12:05 pmPresider: Frank Furstenberg, University ofPennslyvania Stephanie Coontz, Council on ContemporaryFamilies Lee Badgett, University of MassachusettsAmherst Philip Cohen, University of Maryland, CollegeParkOpening Remarks8:45 am – 9:00 amJennifer Glass, University of Texas at AustinMorning Keynote Address: “Babies ofTechnology: Assisted Reproduction and theRights of the Child”9:00 am – 9:50 amMary Ann Mason, Professor of the Graduate School,U.C. Berkeley and Faculty Affiliate of the BerkeleyCenter for Law & TechnologyTom Eckman, Co-author of “Babies of Technology”Presider: Joshua Coleman, Clinical Psychologist &AuthorAbstract. Since the 1978 birth of Louise Brown, we have manymore combinations of families assisted by an internationalmarket and the lax regulations of the U.S. fertilityindustry. Especially with a great push for gene enhancementwith CRISPR/Cas9 to create designer babies, there is much workto be done to protect the rights of the child and of the future ofthe human species.Panel: The Impacts of Reproduction9:55 am – 11:15 amPresider: Tama Levanthal, Tufts University Lauri Pasch, University of California, SanFrancisco:“An Insider’s View of IVF Practice in the UnitedStates” Sharmila Rudrappa, University of Texas, Austin:“The Price of Global Surrogacy” Amanda Stevenson, University of Colorado,Boulder:“Measuring and Communicating Impacts:The Case of Reproductive Health Policy in Texas”Lunch and Flash Session12:05 pm – 1:35 pmPresider: Rachel Donnelly, University of Texas, Austin Sasha Albert, Brandeis University:“The Limitations of Negative Rights for StudyingReproductive Health Policy” Maurice Anyawie, Bowling Green State University:“Cohabitation and Contraceptive Use in the UnitedStates: A Focus on Race and Ethnicity” Kathleen Broussard, University of Texas at Austin:“The Changing Landscape of Self-Sourced Abortion:Women’s Embodied Experiences in Ireland” Sophia Fantus, Baylor College of Medicine:“’It’s not just that I’m having a baby for someone Idon’t even know, it’s that they’re gay’: Experiencesof Gestational Surrogacy for Gay Men in Canada” Katarina Lee, Baylor College of Medicine:“Is Intention Enough? Legal Parentage in the Era ofAssisted Reproductive Technologies” Elizabeth Nalepa, Case Western Reserve University“Increasing Abortion Regulations are Changing whoSeeks Abortion and When” Mikaela Smith, University of California at Irvine:“Public Goods for Whom? The Impact of PolicyLegacies on Variation in U.S. Public Spending forReproductive Healthcare Services”

Friday, March 2, 20188:30 am - 5:30 pmAfternoon Keynote Address: “ReproductiveHealth Services in the U.S. – The too much/toolittle dilemma”1:40 pm – 2:30 pmCarole Joffe, Professor, Bixby Center for GlobalReproductive Health, Department of Obstetrics,Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at U.C. SanFranciscoPresider: Adina Nack, California Lutheran UniversityAbstract. Dr. Joffe will describe the situation of reproductivehealth services in the U.S. as being one of unwanted, coerciveservices imposed on certain populations: e.g., forcedsterilizations on Latinas, African Americans and poor whites,contraceptive services disproportionately located in AfricanAmerican neighborhoods at the beginnings of Title X, thenational family planning program, and at other historicalperiods, such as the present, insufficient publicly providedservices for these same populations.Panel: Different Paths to Parenthood2:35 pm – 3:55 pmPresider: Arielle Kuperberg, University of NorthCarolina, Greensboro Lisa Ikemoto, University of California, Davis:“Reproductive Tourism – Equality Concerns inthe Global Market” Christa Craven, College of Wooster:“LGBTQ Parents & Reproductive Loss” Caroline Hartnett, University of South Carolina:“Women’s Experiences of Intended andUnintended Births”Panel: Reproductive Health & ReproductiveRights4:00 pm – 5:20 pmPresider: Abigail Weitzman, University of Texas atAustin Mo Cortez, Vice-Chair of TransgenderEducation Network of Texas:“Intersexuality – Human Rights andReproductive Rights” Marsha Jones, Executive Director of The AfiyaCenter:“Leading the Charge for Black Women’sReproductive Health and Rights” Theresa Morris, Texas A&M:“Cut it Out: The C-Section Epidemic in America”Networking Beer, Wine, and Cheese Reception5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Welcome from the CCF Board Chair Presentation of 2018 Media Award forOutstanding Coverage of Family Issues Book Silent Auction

Additional DetailsCCF MembershipProfessionals who study or work with families or areengaged in public policy about family issues are eligible tobecome CCF members. We also welcome others tobecome Friends of CCF.For more information, visit:www.contemporaryfamilies.orgCCF Membership (annual membership fee), 100CCF Friend (annual membership fee), 50CCF Student (annual membership fee), 50Conference Program Co-ChairsAdina Nack, Professor of Sociology, California LutheranUniversityJoshua Coleman, Clinical Psychologist & Author, PrivatePractice in CaliforniaCCF Staff at University of Texas AustinMary De La GarzaAdministrative OfficerRachel DonnellyGraduate Assistant, Website ManagerMark BrueschkeIT TroubleshootingSteve MintzWeekly Briefing ReportsOfficersMichelle Janning, Chair, Board of DirectorsWhitman CollegeStephanie Coontz, Director of Research & Public EducationThe Evergreen State CollegeJennifer Glass, Executive DirectorUniversity of Texas at AustinBarbara Risman, President, Board of DirectorsUniversity Of Illinois at ChicagoKristi Williams, SecretaryThe Ohio State UniversityElizabeth Peters, TreasurerUrban InstituteBoard of Directors 2017-2018Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, Brandeis UniversityEtiony Aldarondo, Albizu UniversityLee Badgett, University of Massachusetts AmherstJenifer Bratter, Rice UniversityPhilip Cohen, University of MarylandJoshua Coleman, PsychologistMarilyn Coleman, University of MissouriRobert Crosnoe, University of Texas at AustinFrank Furstenberg, University of PennsylvaniaLawrence Ganong, University of MissouriNoni Gaylord-Harden, Loyola University ChicagoArielle Kuperberg, University of North Carolina GreensboroTama Leventhal, Tufts UniversityVelma McBride Murry, Vanderbilt UniversityAdina Nack, California Lutheran UniversityMaureen Perry-Jenkins, Univeristy of MassachusettsAmherstPamela Ann Quiroz, University of HoustonVirginia Rutter, Framingham State UniversityPepper Schwartz, University of WashingtonEllen Wartella, Northwestern UniversityLinda Young, Psychologist

2018 Media Award for OutstandingCoverage of Family IssuesNina Martin for her body of work onAbout CCFThe Council on Contemporary Families is a nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated toproviding the press and public with the latestresearch and best-practice findings about Americanfamilies. Our members include demographers,economists, family therapists, historians, politicalscientists, psychologists, social workers, sociologists,as well as other family social scientists andpractitioners.Founded in 1996 and based at the University ofIllinois at Chicago, the Council’s mission is to enhancethe national understanding of how and whycontemporary families are changing, what needs andchallenges they face, and how these needs can bestbe met. To fulfill that mission, the Council holdsannual conferences, open to the public, and issuesperiodic briefing papers and fact sheets, whichjournalists can sign up to receive by writing toStephanie Coontz, Director of Research and PublicEducation, at coontzs@msn.com.CCF Media AwardsThe CCF Media Awards were established in 2002 aspart of the Council’s commitment to enhancing thepublic understanding of trends in American familylife.“All too often, changes in U.S. family patterns arepainted in stark, better-or-worse terms that ignorethe complex realities of family life today. The AwardsCommittee looked for work that put individual familyissues in larger social context. This kind of coverageoffers the public a balanced picture of the trade-offs,strengths and weaknesses in many different familyarrangements and structures,” explained StephanieCoontz, CCF’s Director of Research and PublicEducation.abortion, pregnancy, and maternal health.Ms. Martin has a long history of reporting onthese issues since beginning with ProPublicain 2013, including at least 45 articles, nearly half ofwhich were published in 2016 and 2017. Her pieceentitled “Nothing Protects Black Women From Dying inPregnancy and Childbirth” is a particularly salientexample of the outstanding quality of her work. Thisarticle expertly marries the personal and specific to thenational and typical, drawing the reader into the story ofone woman while drawing attention to the oftenoverlooked plight of the whole. Another high-impactpiece, "The Last Person You'd Expect to Die in Childbirth,"combines careful reporting on the staggering details of avital issue - the U.S.'s shockingly poor record ofpreventing maternal mortality - with the powerful detailsof a heartrending story that serve to make the abstractvery concrete and real, and piercing.CCF Pamela Smock AwardCouncil on Contemporary Families member PamelaSmock has donated a biennial award for travel to aCCF conference for an early career scholar to presentwork broadly related to the conference theme. ThisPamela Smock Award is open to graduate students,and scholars up to five years after the terminaldegree. The criterion for the award includes both thequality of the work presented, broadly defined fit withthe conference theme, and a documented interest tobringing research expertise beyond the academy bybecoming an active member of CCF. The Award willcover travel expenses and hotel expenses up to 1,000.2018 Pamela Smock Award WinnerElizabeth Nalepa, Case Western Reserve UniversityHonorable Mention: Maurice Anywie, Bowling GreenState University.

Families As They Really Are Demographics CO-SPONSORS University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Department of Sociology Child and Family Research Partnership Human Development and Family Sciences Women's and Gender Studies Department of Population Health