Americans United for Life in D.C. will be hosting two events January 24 and 25 to discuss the impact of 40 Years of Roe v. Wade.
The first event is a half-day symposium at the National Press Club. The second event, to be held at AUL’s offices, is a reception featuring Hadley Arkes. You are welcome to attend part of the conference if you cannot make all. Both events are free and include food and beverages, but please RSVP.
Legal Conference: The Future of Roe: Women, Health and Law in the Obama Era
January 24, 12:00pm to 5:00pm
National Press Club
12:00pm-12:30pm: Remarks from Dr. Charmaine Yoest, President and CEO, Americans United for Life
12:30pm-1:45pm: Perspectives from Medical Experts:
Dr. Donna Harrison, Director of Research and Public Policy, AAPLOG
Dr. Monique Chireau, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Duke University School of Medicine
Dr. Priscilla Coleman, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Bowling Green State University
1:45pm-2:00pm: Break
2:00pm-2:30pm: Remarks from Gerard Bradley, Professor at Notre Dame Law School
2:30-3:45pm: Perspective from Legal Experts:
Laura Garcia, Professor of Philosophy at Boston College
Ed Whelan, Attorney and President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center
Helen Alvare, Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law
Clarke Forsythe, Americans United for Life
3:45-4:15pm: Remarks from Bill Kristol, founder and editor of Weekly Standard and Fox New Channel commentator
4:15-4:30pm: Concluding Remarks, Dr. Charmaine Yoest, President and CEO, Americans United for Life
Advocates for Life Reception
Friday, January 25, 4:00pm-6:00pm
Americans United for Life Offices
655 15th Street NW, Suite 410
Washington, D.C. 20005
Featuring: Hadley Arkes, Architect of the Born-Alive Infant Protection Act
(Advocates for Life is AUL’s law student association, with chapters in over 18 schools across the country including Yale, Harvard, and Columbia.)
RSVP for either event or both to Alana.McRaney@aul.org or (202)-289-1478.
January 10th, 2013 | 11:42 pm
Hard to know the future of the Roe v. Wade decision as legal doctrine.
But in the future, I suspect that abortion, like pornography, will become a target of ever greater opprobrium. Politicians in particular will condemn the practices wholeheartedly. And that’s because, thanks to the internet and RU-486-type medications, everyone will know that expressing opposition to pornography and abortion will have almost no practical consequence to the supply of these services. Thus, politicians will be free to pander to opponents of abortion and pornography, while incurring no penalty from the large swaths of their constituents that consume these services.