Erika Bachiochi
Fellow
EPPC Fellow Erika Bachiochi is a legal scholar who works at the intersection of constitutional law, political theory, women’s history, and Catholic social teaching. She is also the editor-in-chief of Fairer Disputations, the online journal of the Mercy Otis Warren Initiative for Women in Civic Life and Thought at the School for Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at ASU. She is a 2024–25 Fellow at the Nesti Center for Faith and Culture at the University of St. Thomas (Houston) where she is teaching a women’s history course in UST’s new Catholic Women and Gender Studies Program.
EPPC Fellow Erika Bachiochi is a legal scholar who works at the intersection of constitutional law, political theory, women’s history, and Catholic social teaching. She is also the editor-in-chief of Fairer Disputations, the online journal of the Mercy Otis Warren Initiative for Women in Civic Life and Thought at the School for Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at ASU. She is a 2024–25 Fellow at the Nesti Center for Faith and Culture at the University of St. Thomas (Houston) where she is teaching a women’s history course in UST’s new Catholic Women and Gender Studies Program.
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 the Wollstonecraft Project. Her latest 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, Politico, First Things, American Compass, 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/Councils of the Moral Ecology Trust at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at UVA; the Center for the Law and the Human Person at CUA; the American Institute for Boys and Men; the Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum; and St. Thomas More Academy (South Bend). She is a co-founder of St. Benedict Classical Academy and serves on the Board of Trustees at Montrose School.
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…
VIDEO: Erika Bachiochi on “A Rational Feminism”
September 13, 2021 | "Boyce of Reason" podcast
On September 13, 2021, EPPC Fellow Erika Bachiochi appeared on the “Boyce of Reason” podcast with host Benjamin A. Boyce…
QUOTED: Erika Bachiochi on How Abortion Became a ‘Woman’s Right’
August 9, 2021 | Catholic News Agency
EPPC Fellow Erika Bachiochi joined Katie Yoder of the Catholic News Agency to discuss the corruption of feminism, abortion, and…
VIDEO: Erika Bachiochi Discusses Feminism, Abortion, and Her Book The Rights of Women on EWTN Pro-Life Weekly
July 31, 2021 | EWTN Pro-Life Weekly
On July 31, 2021 EPPC Fellow Erika Bachiochi discussed her new book, The Rights of Women, and how abortion incorrectly…
VIDEO: Book Event on Erika Bachiochi’s The Rights of Women: Reclaiming a Lost Vision
July 20, 2021 | Catholic Information Center
At an event on July 20, 2021, EPPC Fellow Erika Bachiochi gave remarks reflecting on the themes of her new…
AUDIO: Erika Bachiochi on the Constitutional Debate over Women’s Equality
May 27, 2021 | AEI “Unprecedential” podcast
EPPC Fellow Erika Bachiochi joined AEI’s “Unprecedential” podcast with host Adam White to trace and evaluate the evolving debate over the political, legal, and cultural meaning of women’s equality. Ms. Bachiochi is author of the forthcoming book The Rights of Women: Reclaiming a Lost Vision.
VIDEO: Vindicating Mary Wollstonecraft’s Rights: A Conversation with Erika Bachiochi
May 16, 2021 | The Common Good Project
In a video published by the Common Good Project, EPPC Fellow Erika Bachiochi discusses ‘Vindicating Mary Wollstonecraft’s Rights: The Priority…
AUDIO: Erika Bachiochi on the Equality Act and True Equality
March 17, 2021 | Bridge Builder: Catholic Faith and Politics
EPPC Fellow Erika Bachiochi joined the Minnesota Catholic Conference’s “Bridge Builder” program to discuss the Equality Act and the meaning of true equality.
VIDEO: What Does It Mean to Be Pro-Life?
February 3, 2021 | Institute for Human Ecology
EPPC Fellow Erika Bachiochi took part in a conversation hosted by the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America and cosponsored by EPPC’s Catholic Women’s Forum and the National Review Institute.
AUDIO: Erika Bachiochi on NPR’s “On Point” to discuss Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court Nomination
October 12, 2020 | On Point, NPR
On October 12, 2020, EPPC Visiting Fellow Erika Bachiochi appeared on NPR’s “On Point” segment to discuss what Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination means for women’s rights and “modern feminism.”
VIDEO: Erika Bachiochi’s Keynote Remarks at 2020 March for Life Conference
January 23, 2020 | March for Life Conference
On January 23, 2020, EPPC Fellow Erika Bachiochi delivered the keynote address at the March for Life Conference.
AUDIO: Erika Bachiochi Discusses Constitutional Legacy of Seneca Falls on We the People Podcast
July 25, 2019 | National Constitution Center's We the People podcast
EPPC Fellow Erika Bachiochi appeared on the National Constitution Center’s We the People podcast to discuss the history and legacy of the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention.