Erika Bachiochi

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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.

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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 PolicyChristian Bioethics (Oxford University), The New York Times, The AtlanticFirst Things, CNN.com, National Review OnlineNational AffairsClaremont 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.

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Erika Bachiochi on Healing the Sex Wars

November 1, 2023 | EWTN

Erika Bachiochi on “The Burden and the Gift”

September 20, 2023 | Substack

On September 20, 2023, fellow Erika Bachiochi was interviewed by Eve Tushnet. They discuss Bachiochi’s book The Rights of Women:…

Erika Bachiochi on unSILOed Podcast

September 15, 2023 | unSILOed Podcast

On September 15, 2023, fellow Erika Bachiochi appeared on unSILOed Podcast to discuss the influential work of Mary Wollstonecraft on…

Erika Bachiochi on Life Issues

August 26, 2023 | EWTN News

On August 26, 2023, Fellow Erika Bachiochi appeared on EWTN News to discuss life issues after the overturn of Roe—and…

The Feminism of Mary Wollstonecraft

August 13, 2023 | Maiden Mother Matriarch

On August 13, 2023, Fellow Erika Bachiochi appeared on Maiden Mother Matriarch to discuss her latest book The Rights of…

AUDIO: Rethinking Feminism

May 10, 2023 | Lean Out

Erika Bachiochi joins Tara Henley on her podcast, Lean Out, to discuss feminism.

VIDEO: The Smear Merchants

May 5, 2023 | The Andrew Klavan Show

Erika Bachiochi appeared on The Andrew Klavan show to discuss “sex realist feminism”.

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…

VIDEO: Erika Bachiochi on CBS News

June 26, 2022 | CBS News

On June 26, 2022, EPPC Fellow Erika Bachiochi appeared on CBS News Sunday Morning to give the pro-life perspective on…

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….