Constitutional Law Center Conference, Gender, Health & the Constitution, Friday, October 13, 2023, 9am to 4pm (The University of Akron School of Law, Room 180)
This symposium discusses the many emerging issues of gender and health that raise questions of constitutional law and policy. These concerns at the intersection of bodily integrity and gender autonomy are seen daily in the news. Topics that will be debated include abortion, Covid mandates, physician regulation, maternal health, surrogacy, transgender bans, state health care freedom, and medical gaslighting. Scholars will explain these emerging issues and offer some diagnosis and prognosis for the constitutional issues raised.
Confirmed speakers include: Aziza Ahmed (Boston U), Noa Ben-Asher, Jennifer Bard (Cincinnati), Rachel Bracken (NEOMed), Debbie Brake (Pittsburgh), Ainslee Brown-Johnson (Akron), Naomi Cahn (UVA), Marie Curry (Legal Aid), Bernadette Bollas Genetin (Akron), Susan Keller (Western), Abby Kreiner, M.D. (Plakas Manos), Maya Manian (American), Abby Moncrieff (Cleveland State), Jane Moriarty (Duquesne), Megan Frantz Oldham (Plakas Manos), Jennifer Oliva (Indiana), C.J. Peters (Akron), Dara Purvis (Penn State), and Tracy Thomas (Akron).
Register at The Center for Constitutional Law, www.uakron.edu/law/ccl (free and open to the public, CLE available)
