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Erica Millar is a Senior Research Fellow at La Trobe University and an Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow. Her work bridges social, cultural, legal, and biopolitical dimensions of reproduction, focusing on systemic sexism and racism in healthcare systems that perpetuate disadvantage. A founding member of the South Australian Abortion Action Coalition and a member of the Abortion and Contraception Working Group at Women Health Victoria, she supervises research on pregnancy, reproduction, and biopolitics across humanities and social sciences disciplines.
- PhD in Gender Studies (University of Melbourne)
- MA in History (University of Melbourne)
Her research examines abortion access, decriminalisation, and the intersection of regulatory systems with gender, race, and class politics. She has taught in gender studies, health sociology, and criminology at La Trobe University and the University of Adelaide, with visiting fellowships at Queen Mary University of London and Ulster University.
Key trends in her publications include reproductive justice, abortion stigma, gestational limits, and healthcare system critiques. Her 2025 work on hospital-based abortion provision and 2024 studies on legal exceptionalism highlight persistent structural barriers.
- DECRA Research Fellow (Australian Research Council)
Erica's book Happy Abortions (Bloomsbury, 2017) offers a cultural history of Australian abortion regulation. She actively contributes to policy debates through research reports and public commentary in The Conversation.
