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Advancing Pregnant Persons’ Right to Life Symposium
In the wake of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, attention has turned to how a constitutional right to life recognizes and values the life and health of pregnant persons. This symposium will gather leading scholars to explore the jurisprudence of the “right to life” and pathways for developing robust constitutional protection of pregnant persons’ life and health, and more broadly, for all people of reproductive age. By comparison with jurisprudence on the rights to liberty and property in the Due Process Clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the US Constitution and state constitutional counterparts, the US jurisprudence on the right to “life” is underdeveloped. This stands in contrast to international human rights law, which has articulated a fundamental “right to life” that encompasses rights to life, health, dignity, and autonomy.
When | 9:00 am to 2:30 pm on Thursday, February 8, 2024 |
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Building | LAW, 765 Commonwealth Avenue |
Room | Barristers Hall |
Contact Email | lawevent@bu.edu |
Contact Organization | LAW Marketing and Communications |
Fees | Free |