Erika Bachiochi
Fellow
EPPC Fellow Erika Bachiochi is a legal scholar specializing in Equal Protection jurisprudence, feminist legal theory, Catholic social teaching, and sexual ethics. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Abigail Adams Institute in Cambridge, MA, where she founded and directs the Wollstonecraft Project. Her newest book, The Rights of Women: Reclaiming a Lost Vision, was published by Notre Dame University Press in 2021.
EPPC Fellow Erika Bachiochi is a legal scholar specializing in Equal Protection jurisprudence, feminist legal theory, Catholic social teaching, and sexual ethics. A 2018 visiting scholar at Harvard Law School, she is also a Senior Fellow at the Abigail Adams Institute in Cambridge, MA, where she founded and directs the Wollstonecraft Project. Her newest book, The Rights of Women: Reclaiming a Lost Vision, was published by Notre Dame University Press in 2021, and was named a finalist for the Intercollegiate Studies Institute’s 2022 Conservative Book of the Year award.
Ms. Bachiochi’s essays have appeared in publications such as the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Christian Bioethics (Oxford University), The New York Times, The Atlantic, First Things, CNN.com, National Review Online, National Affairs, Claremont Review of Books, SCOTUSblog, and Public Discourse. She is the editor of two books, Women, Sex & the Church: A Case for Catholic Teaching (Pauline Books & Media, 2010) and The Cost of “Choice”: Women Evaluate the Impact of Abortion (Encounter Books, 2004).
Ms. Bachiochi serves on the Advisory Boards of the Common Good Project, the Catholic Women’s Forum, the Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum, St. Thomas More Academy (South Bend), EthicsFinder, and the Center for the Law and the Human Person at the Catholic University of America. She is a co-founder of St. Benedict Classical Academy in Natick, MA, where she served as President of the Board from 2013–2015.
VIDEO: “What Is Sex-Realist Feminism?”
January 5, 2023 | Fairer Disputations
On January 5, 2023, EPPC Fellow Erika Bachiochi debuted Fairer Disputations, an online community of scholarship under her direction through…
VIDEO: Erika Bachiochi on Abortion with CNN
August 20, 2022 | CNN
On August 20, 2022, EPPC Fellow Erika Bachiochi appeared on CNN’s The Lead show in a feature of various pro-life…
AUDIO: Erika Bachiochi on Feminism and Overturning Roe
May 31, 2022 | The Ezra Klein Show
On May 31, Fellow Erika Bachiochi went on The Ezra Klein Show to discuss the likely overturn of Roe v….
AUDIO: Erika Bachiochi Discusses Pro-Life Ethics, Feminism, and More on Strong Women Podcast
January 26, 2022 | Strong Women podcast
On January 26, 2022, EPPC Fellow Erika Bachiochi appeared on the Strong Women podcast to discuss pro-life ethics, femininism, and…
VIDEO: Erika Bachiochi on the Pro-life Movement at a Crossroads
January 18, 2022 | Georgetown University Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life
On January 18, 2022, EPPC Fellow Erika Bachiochi took part in a panel discussion sponsored by Georgetown University’s Initiative on…
VIDEO: Erika Bachiochi on “The Meaning of Equality in America”
December 15, 2021 | National Constitution Center
On December 15, 2021, EPPC Fellow Erika Bachiochi took part in an America’s Town Hall program, on “The Meaning of Equality…
AUDIO: Erika Bachiochi on the Supreme Court and a Post-Roe World
December 1, 2021 | Conversations with Consequences podcast
On December 1, 2021, EPPC Fellow Erika Bachiochi appeared on the Catholic Association’s Conversations with Consequences podcast to discuss oral…
VIDEO: Erika Bachiochi Speaks at “Empower Women, Promote Life” Event Prior to Dobbs Oral Arguments at SCOTUS
December 1, 2021 | "Empower Women, Promote Life" rally
On December 1, 2021, EPPC Fellow Erika Bachiochi spoke at the “Empower Women, Promote Life” event on the steps of…
AUDIO: Erika Bachiochi on a Vision of Virtue from the Godmother of Feminism
November 20, 2021 | Crown and Crozier podcast
On November 20, 2021, EPPC Fellow Erika Bachiochi appeared on the Crown and Crozier podcast to discuss her book The…
VIDEO: Erika Bachiochi on “The Dignity of the Sexed Body: Asymmetry, Equality, and Real Reproductive Justice”
November 13, 2021 | The de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture's 2021 Fall Conference
On November 13, 2021, EPPC Fellow Erika Bachiochi appeared on a panel, titled “The Dignity of the Sexed Body: Asymmetry,…
AUDIO: Erika Bachiochi on Whole-Life Women’s Rights, Reliance Interest in Dobbs, and Common-Good Thinking
November 8, 2021 | Life, Liberty, and Law podcast
On November 8, 2021, EPPC Fellow Erika Bachiochi joined Americans United for Life’s “Life, Liberty & Law” Podcast to discuss…
AUDIO: Erika Bachiochi on the Gloria Purvis Podcast
October 26, 2021 | The Gloria Purvis Podcast
On October 26, 2021, EPPC Fellow Erika Bachiochi appeared on the Gloria Purvis Podcast in an episode titled “For women…