Discarding Legal Precedent to Control Women's Reproductive Rights is Rooted in Colonial Slavery

<p>The colonial Virginia lawsuit of Elizabeth Key, who won freedom&nbsp;in 1656, pushed colonial authorities to reverse precedent to ensure that the law would be a tool for maintaining hierarchies of race, gender, and class, and Black women&#39;s bodies would be the battleground of those conflicts.</p>

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