Brenna McCaffrey (she/her) is an activist-scholar who studies the interaction of reproductive politics, social movements, and medicine. Her work has been published in Feminist Anthropology, and Medical Anthropology Quarterly. She has also contributed to Sapiens and the Thought Project podcast. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the State University of New York, Geneseo. She is an active member of numerous reproductive justice and abortion access organizations, including the New York Abortion Access Fund, the Online Abortion Resource Squad, and the Miscarriage & Abortion Hotline.

Media coverage:

“OpEd: Keep New York a Safe Haven for Reproductive Rights” - Syracuse Post Standard, April 8th 2026. LINK.

“On the Politics of Abortion Pills” - The Thought Project podcast, April 12th 2023. LINK.

“Council for Anthropology of Reproduction (CAR) Statement on the Reversal of Roe v. Wade” - Rapid Response, Medical Anthropology Quarterly, Aug 29th 2022. LINK.

“Scholars weigh in on the end of Roe v. Wade” - The Graduate Center, CUNY, June 23rd 2022. LINK.

“We Should Talk More About The Abortion Pill” - Op-Ed, SAPIENS, May 12th 2022https://www.sapiens.org/culture/abortion-pill-change-activist-strategies/

“How The Abortion Pill is Tipping the Scales of Abortion Rights” - The Thought Project podcast, Feb 16th 2022. LINK.

“Interest in Self-Managed Abortion Rising in Texas As New Restrictions Fuel Legal Challenges” - Dallas Morning News, 2021. LINK.

Recent publications:

McCaffrey, Brenna. 2024. “The Woman is the Active Agent: General Practitioners and the Agentive Displacement of Abortion in Ireland” Medical Anthropology Quarterly 38(2): 193-207.

McCaffrey, Brenna. 2023. “Technologies of Protest in Irish Feminism.” Feminist Anthropology 4(1): 115-131.

To reach Brenna, email bmccaffrey@geneseo.edu.