Friday, February 24, 2023
Location: American University Washington College of Law
8:30-9:00 am ET Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00-9:15 am ET Welcome Remarks
- Roger A. Fairfax, Jr., JD, MA
Dean; Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law - Linda Aldoory, PhD, MA
Dean, College of Arts & Sciences; Professor, Department of Health Studies, American University
9:15-10:15 am ET Opening Plenary
- Khiara M. Bridges, PhD, JD
Professor of Law, Berkeley Law - Diana Greene Foster, PhD, MA
Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences; Director of Research, Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH), University of California, San Francisco
10:15-10:30 am ET Break
10:30-11:30 am ET Morning Panel 1: Historical Perspectives and Shifting Frameworks on Abortion
Moderated by: Tracy Weitz, PhD, MPA
Professor of Sociology; Director, Center on Health, Risk, and Society, American University
- Sara Clarke Kaplan
Executive Director, Antiracist Research & Policy Center; Associate Professor of Literature and Critical Race, Gender & Culture Studies, American University - Sara Matthiesen, PhD
Assistant Professor of U.S. Women and Gender, The George Washington University - Reva Siegel, JD, MPhil
Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law, Yale Law School
11:30-11:40 am ET Break
11:40-12:40 pm ET Morning Panel 2: The Implications of Criminalizing Health Care for Patients, Providers, and Supporters
Moderated by: Maya Manian, JD
Professor of Law; Faculty Director of the Health Law and Policy Program, American University Washington College of Law
- Aziza Ahmed, JD, MS
Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law - Limayli Huguet, JD
Helpline Counsel, If/When/How - Jill Lens, JD
Robert A. Leflar Professor of Law; Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, University of Arkansas School of Law - Ophra Leyser-Whalen, PhD
Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at El Paso - Bruce Siegel, MD, MPH
President and CEO, America's Essential Hospitals
12:40-1:20 pm ET Lunch Buffet
1:20-1:25 pm ET Remarks from Ted Hutchinson, ASLME Executive Director and Publications Director of The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics
1:25-2:20pm ET Lunch Keynote
- Michele Bratcher Goodwin, JSD, JD, LLM
Chancellor’s Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine School of Law
2:20-2:30 pm ET Break
2:30-3:45 pm ET Afternoon Panel 1: The Disproportionate Impact of Dobbs: Who Really Lost?
Moderated by: Anne Rossier Markus, PhD, MHS, JD
Professor; Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University
- Jasmine Harris, JD
Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School - Jenny O’Donnell, ScD, MSc
Director of Research and Evaluation, Society of Family Planning - Whitney Rice, DrPh, MPH
Rollins Assistant Professor of Behavioral, Social and Health Education Sciences; Director, Center for Reproductive Health Research in the Southeast (RISE), Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University - Sara Rosenbaum, JD
Professor Emerita, Health Law and Policy, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University -
Amita Vyas, PhD, MHS
Associate Professor, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University
3:45-4:00 pm ET Break
4:00-5:00 pm ET Afternoon Panel 2: Interstate Travel and Interjurisdictional Reach of Abortion Bans
Moderated by: Paul Schiff Berman, JD
Walter S. Cox Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School
- David Cohen, JD
Professor of Law, Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law - Caitlin Myers, PhD
John G. McCullough Professor of Economics, Middlebury College - Oriaku Njoku
Executive Director, National Network of Abortion Funds -
Tracy Weitz, PhD, MPA
Professor of Sociology; Director, Center on Health, Risk, and Society, American University
Saturday, February 25, 2023
Location: The George Washington University Law School
8:30-9:00 am ET Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00-9:15 am ET Welcome Remarks
- Dayna Bowen Matthew, PhD, JD
Dean; Harold H. Greene Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School -
Lynn Goldman, MD, MS, MPH
Michael and Lori Milken Dean of the Milken Institute School of Public Health; Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, The George Washington University
9:15-10:30 am ET Morning Panel 1: The Regulated and Unregulated Marketplace for Medication Abortion
Moderated by: Lewis Grossman, PhD, JD
Professor of Law; Affiliate Professor of History, American University Washington College of Law
- Yvonne Lindgren, JSD, JD, LLM
Associate Professor of Law, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law - Melissa Madera, PhD, MST, MA
Researcher, the Self-Managed Abortion Needs Assessment Project, University of Texas, Austin - Rachel Rebouché, JD, LLM
Dean; James E. Beasley Professor of Law, Temple University Beasley School of Law - Ushma Upadhyay, PhD, MPH
Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH), University of California, San Francisco
10:30-10:45 am ET Break
10:45-11:45 am ET Morning Panel 2: Health Care Data Privacy and the Surveillance State
Moderated by: Asha Scielzo, JD
Director, Health Law and Policy Program; Adjunct Professor, American University Washington College of Law
- Bethany Corbin, Esq., LLM
Healthcare Innovation and Women’s Health Attorney, Femtech Lawyer - Caitlin Gerdts, PhD, MHS
Vice President of Research, Ibis Reproductive Health - Laura Lindberg, PhD
Professor, Department of Urban-Global Public Health, Rutgers School of Public Health - Anya Prince, JD, MPP
Professor of Law; Member, University of Iowa Genetics Cluster, University of Iowa College of Law - Kate Weisburd, JD
Associate Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School
11:45-12:35 pm ET Lunch Buffet
12:35-1:30 pm ET Lunch Keynote
- Jennifer Reich PhD, MA
Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Colorado Denver
1:30-1:40 pm ET Break
1:40-2:40 pm ET Afternoon Panel 1: Freedom of Speech and Religion after Dobbs
Moderated by: Alan Morrison, LLB
Lerner Family Associate Dean for Public Interest and Public Service Law; Professorial Lecturer in Law, The George Washington University Law School
- Laura Hercher, MA, MS
Director of Research, Human Genetics, Sarah Lawrence College - Radhika Rao, JD
Professor of Law; Harry & Lillian Hastings Research Chair, University of California College of Law, San Francisco - Adam Sieff, Esq.
Counsel, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP - Rabbi Barry Silver, Esq.
Founder of Cosmic Judaism, Who's Who of American Law - Sonia Suter, JD, MS
The Kahan Family Research Professor of Law; Founding Director, Health Law Initiative, The George Washington University Law School
2:40-2:50 pm ET Break
2:50-3:50 pm ET Afternoon Panel 2: The Impact of Dobbs Beyond Abortion
Moderated by: Naomi Cahn, JD, LLM
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy Distinguished Professor of Law; Nancy L. Buc ’69 Research Professor in Democracy and Equity; Co-Director, Family Law Center, University of Virginia School of Law
- Kellan Baker, PhD, MPH, MA
Executive Director and Chief Learning Officer, Whitman-Walker Health - Clare Coleman
President and CEO, National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association - Lawrence "Bopper" Deyton, MD, MSPH
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Public Health; Murdock Head Professor of Medicine and Health Policy, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health - Courtney G. Joslin, JD
Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law
3:50-4:00 pm ET Break
4:00-5:00 pm ET Closing Plenary
- Kimberly Mutcherson, JD
Co-Dean; Professor of Law, Rutgers Law School