A
symposium in
Modern Asian Studies is devoted to an article by
Mitra Sharafi, Wisconsin Law, who is the new President of the American Society for Legal History. Professor Sharafi's article was "Abortion in South Asia, 1860–1947: A medico-legal history," published in
Modern Asian Studies 55 (2021): 371–428. The just-published symposium includes comments by
Melissa Feinberg, Rutgers University;
Matthew H. Sommer, Stanford University; and
Philippa Levine, Emerita, University of Texas; with a response by Professor Sharafi.
--Dan Ernst
