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    From Principles to Practice: Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies

    The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law, Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics, together with the Global Health Law Consortium, the International Commission of Jurists, and the University of Ottawa Center for Health Law, Policy and Ethics, are…

    From Principles to Practice: Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies

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    Addressing Technoableism: Reforming Infrastructure and Disability Representation

    Disability is often appealed to as a justification for technological development, and as a moral imperative toward investment in technological research. This is technoableism as Ashley Shew describes it in her book, Against Technoableism: Rethinking…

    Addressing Technoableism: Reforming Infrastructure and Disability Representation

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    Uncertainty, Medical Expertise, and Rights

    While Born This Way recounts many legal clashes over uncertainty throughout LGBTQ+ civil rights history, it does not tell the whole story of uncertainty. The contributors to this symposium reveal uncertainty’s relevance to abortion access,…

    Uncertainty, Medical Expertise, and Rights

  • Announcements

    Petrie-Flom Welcomes 2023-2024 Student Fellows

    We are excited to welcome our new Student Fellows: Joelle Boxer, Adithi Iyer, Vincent Joralemon, Hannah Rahim, and Bobby Stroup.

    Petrie-Flom Welcomes 2023-2024 Student Fellows

    Five headshots of the Petrie-Flom Center student fellow cohort (2023-2024) on red background.
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    Reproductive Technologies and Workplace Equality

    Legal scholars and bioethicists interested in the workplace impact of assisted reproductive technology usage have come together to discuss the successes of, and challenges for, labor laws now facing changing concepts of reproduction, pregnancy, and…

    Reproductive Technologies and Workplace Equality

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    Beyond Vulnerability: The Rights and Agency of People with Disabilities in the Climate Crisis

    Although persons with disabilities are increasingly understood as uniquely vulnerable to the climate crisis, they continue to be neglected in climate adaptation and disaster risk readiness policies. As a result, people with disabilities experience disproportionate…

    Beyond Vulnerability: The Rights and Agency of People with Disabilities in the Climate Crisis

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    Assisted Reproduction in a Post-Dobbs U.S.

    Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) such as in-vitro fertilization (IVF) face an uncertain future as anti-abortion policymakers and advocates work to restrict access to reproductive care post-Dobbs. In light of this changing landscape, we asked experts…

    Assisted Reproduction in a Post-Dobbs U.S.