In the intense US debate over access to abortion, opponents to access offer adoption as an alternative. In this seminar, an expert panel will delve into the legal and ethical issues in the American approach to adoption as an abortion alternative and the experiences women who have relinquished their children, framing adoption as an issue on the leading edge of reproductive justice.

Presenters:

• Malinda Seymore, JD, Professor of Law, Texas A&M University School of Law
• Gretchen Sisson, PhD, Sociologist, Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health, University of California San Francisco

Moderator:

• Barbara Wilkinson, MD, MA, Instructor, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Co-sponsored by the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School, the Program On Regulation, Therapeutics And Law (PORTAL), and the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology & Bioethics at Harvard Law School. Seminars will be recorded and shared on YouTube, unless otherwise stated and pending any technical difficulties. Support provided by the Oswald DeN. Cammann Fund at Harvard University.