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A New Abortion Debate: Emerging Perspectives on Choice, Life and Law

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For Immediate Release
November 5, 2009

Media Contact:
Kara Tershel, (202) 662-9500

 

MEDIA ADVISORY

WHAT:

"A New Abortion Debate: Emerging Perspectives on Choice, Life and Law"

 

WHEN:

Friday, November 13, 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.

 

WHERE:

Georgetown University Law Center

Gewirz Student Center - 12th Floor

120 F Street, NW

Washington, D.C.  20001

 

SCHEDULE:

10:00 - 10:15 a.m.

Welcome & Introduction

Robin West, Associate Dean for Research and Academic Programs, Georgetown University Law Center

10:15 - 11:30 a.m.

Panel 1: Beyond Roe: The Costs of Constitutionalizing the Right to Abortion

Moderator: Robin West, Associate Dean for Research and Academic Programs, Georgetown University Law Center

Reva Siegel, Professor, Yale Law School

Charles Lugosi, former Professor, Ave Maria School of Law

April Cherry, Professor, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Panel 2: Finding Common Ground in the Abortion Debate

Moderator: Susan Stabile, Professor, University of St. Thomas School of Law

Kristen Day, Executive Director, Democrats for Life

Aspen Baker, Executive Director, Exhale

Rachel Laser, Culture Project Director, Third Way

Cristina Page, Moderator, RH (Reproductive Health) Reality Check "Common Ground" Blog

2:00 - 3:15 p.m.

Panel 3: Abortion and the Rights of Women and Children Across the Globe

Moderator: Nina Pillard, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center

Pedro Pallares, Professor, Universidad Panamericana (Mexico)

Rev. Joseph Isanga, Professor, Ave Maria School of Law

Rebecca Cook, Professor, University of Toronto Faculty of Law

3:30 - 4:45 p.m.

Panel 4: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Abortion, Reproduction and Human Rights

Moderator: Elizabeth Schiltz, Professor, University of St. Thomas School of Law

Patrick Lee, Professor, Franciscan University of Steubenville

Malika Saada Saar, Executive Director, Rebecca Project for Human Rights

Shari Motro, Professor, University of Richmond School of Law

 

NOTE:

This event is sponsored by Georgetown Law Students for Reproductive Justice and Georgetown Progressive Alliance for Life.

The participants will discuss new and emerging ideas about the abortion debate, the role it plays in the U.S. and abroad, and whether there is a need to broaden the scope of the debate to non-legal and non-constitutional themes.

A Web cast will be available at http://www.law.georgetown.edu/webcast/.

Media interested in attending should e-mail mediarelations@law.georgetown.edu.