Mainstreaming Reproductive Health
To celebrate the publication of Feminist Judgments: Health Law Rewritten, edited by Seema Mohapatra and Lindsay F. Wiley, UCLA School of Law hosted an in-person conference on “Mainstreaming Reproductive Health in Health Law, Policy and Ethics” on February 10, 2023.
This national conference brought together health law, food and drug law, employee benefits, health information privacy, bioethics, and medical experts from across the country to share insights on how and why government and institutional leaders have traditionally siloed off reproductive and sexual health from other health care needs. We focused on the implications of this exceptionalism for efforts to secure access to reproductive and sexual health care in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade. We identified strategies for mainstreaming reproductive and sexual health within efforts aimed at securing equity, patient safety, and patient autonomy in health care financing and delivery.
This event was co-sponsored by UCLA Law’s Center on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy, UCLA Law’s Health Law and Policy Program, and SMU Dedman School of Law's Tsai Center for Law, Science and Innovation.
If you were unable to join the event in person, you may view the panel recordings here.
Program
Reproductive and Sexual Health Exceptionalism
Moderator: Lindsay F. Wiley, UCLA Law
Panelists:
- Brietta R. Clark, LMU Loyola Law School
- Nathan Cortez, SMU Dedman School of Law
- Lisa Ikemoto, UC Davis School of Law
- Elizabeth McCuskey, Boston University School of Public Health
- Anya Prince, University of Iowa College of Law
Emerging Health Care Regulatory Issues After Dobbs
Moderator: Seema Mohapatra, SMU Dedman School of Law
Panelists:
- Aziza Ahmed, Boston University School of Law
- Glenn Cohen, Harvard Law School
- Aila Hoss, Indiana University McKinney School of Law
- Yvette Lindgren, UMKC School of Law
Discrimination and Equity in Reproductive and Sexual Health
Moderator: Lindsay F. Wiley, UCLA Law
Panelists:
- Valerie Blake, West Virginia University College of Law
- Sean Bland, Santa Clara University School of Law
- Cathren Cohen, UCLA Law
- Wendy Parmet, Northeastern University School of Law
- Ruqaiijah Yearby, OSU Mortiz College of Law
Patient Safety and Autonomy in Reproductive and Sexual Health
Moderator: Seema Mohapatra, SMU Dedman School of Law
Panelists:
- Kelly Dineen Gillespie, St. Louis University School of Law
- Elizabeth R. Kukura, Drexel University Kline School of Law
- Nadia N. Sawicki, Loyola School of Law
- Amy Weimer, UCLA Health