2007 Mid-Year Meeting
Workshop on Reproductive Medicine and Law
A Joint AALS and American Society for Reproductive Medicine Workshop
June 20-22, 2007
Vancouver, British Columbia
Supported in part by National Institutes of Health Grant Number R13HD056978 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
and the Office of Research on Women's Health
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Program
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2007
5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Registration
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Reception
THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2007
8:30 – 8:45 a.m.
Welcome -view welcome-
Nancy H. Rogers, The Ohio State University and AALS President
Ellen Wright Clayton, Professor of Law and Professor of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University and Chair, Joint AALS and ASRM Workshop on Reproductive Medicine and Law
8:45 – 9:10 a.m.
Introduction: Medical
Robert G. Brzyski, Ph.D., M.D., Associate Professor and Director of Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility Fellowship, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, Texas and Vice Chair, Joint AALS and ASRM Workshop on Reproductive Medicine and Law -view outline- -view presentation-
Introduction: Legal
Judith F. Daar, Whittier Law School and Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, Irvine
9:10 – 10:45 a.m.
Embryo Issues
Legal Status Issues: The Legal Status of Embryos under Constitutional and State Law, including Fetal Homicide Laws, and their Effect on Dispositional Control over Embryos in the Areas of Creation, Discard, and Donation for Research or Therapy
John Robertson, University of Texas School of Law, Austin -view handout-Mishaps: How and Why Mistakes Occur in the Embryology Lab, and How to Prevent Them
Andrew R. La Barbera, Ph.D., Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Scientific Director, American Society for Reproductive Medicine -view presentation- -view handout-Legal Issues Relating to Misappropriation and Mistakes Regarding Loss of Embryos and the Family Law issues When Embryos are Given to the Wrong Person
Ellen Wright Clayton, Professor of Law and Professor of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University -view presentation- -view outline-
Moderator: Robert G. Brzyski, Ph.D., M.D., Associate Professor and Director of Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility Fellowship, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, Texas
10:45 – 11:00 a.m.
Refreshment Break
11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Small Group Discussions
12:15 – 2:00 p.m.
AALS Luncheon
2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Family Law: Donor/Surrogacy/Rearing Rights
Problems that Physicians Encounter, Including Payments to Donors, Donor Disposition of Eggs, HIV Discordant Couples, Female-Female Couple IVF
Lorna A. Marshall, M.D., Pacific Northwest Fertility Clinic, Seattle, Washington -view presentation- -view outline-Defining Parenthood
June Rose Carbone, University of Santa Clara School of Law -view outline-Gay and Lesbian Issues
Nancy D. Polikoff, American University Washington College of Law -view outline-Religious Views of ART, Focusing on Islam
Soraya Tremayne, D.Phil., Director, Fertility and Reproduction Studies Group, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford, Oxford, England -view abstract-Moderator: Judith F. Daar, Whittier Law School and Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, Irvine
3:30 – 3:45 p.m.
Refreshment Break
3:45 – 5:15 p.m.
Small Group Discussions
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Reception
FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2007
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions
- Regulation: International and U.S.
Globalization: Comparative ART Practice (UK, Canada, Australia, Latin America)
G. David Adamson, M.D., Fertility Physicians of Northern California, Palo Alto
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Globalization: Comparative ART Regulation (UK, Canada, Australia, Latin America)
Lori Knowles, Research Associate, Health Law Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada -view presentation-
Moderator:Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, Unviversity of New Mexico - Trait selection
Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis for Sex Selection
William Gibbons M.D., A Woman’s Center for Reproductive Medicine, Baton Rouge, Louisiana -view presentation- -view syllabus-
Screening Embryos for Medical and Non-Medical Indications
John Robertson, University of Texas School of Law, Austin -view presentation- -view handout-
Moderator: Susan M. Wolf, Professor of Law and Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota
10:30 – 10:45 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions
Autonomy: Who Decides What?
- Multiple Pregnancies
G. David Adamson, M.D., Fertility Physicians of Northern California, Palo Alto, California -view presentation-
Selective Multifetal Reduction
Alan DeCherney, M.D., Chief, Reproductive Biology and Medicine Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland -view presentation-
Choice: Clinicians, Patients, Government, Third Parties
Susan M. Wolf, Professor of Law and Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota
Moderator: Robert G. Brzyski, Ph.D., M.D., Associate Professor and Director of Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility Fellowship, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, Texas -view outline- - Access to ART: Legal, Economic and Political Blockades to Babyhood
The Effect of Economic Access to ART on Availability, Pregnancy Success and Multiple Pregnancy
William Gibbons, M.D., A Woman’s Center for Reproductive Medicine, Baton Rouge -view presentation- -view outline-
Limitations Based on Cost, Marital Status and Domicile: The Rise of Fertility Tourism
Judith F. Daar, Whittier Law School and Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, Irvine -view outline- -view presentation-
Moderator: John Robertson, University of Texas, School of Law, Austin
12:15 – 2:00 p.m.
AALS Luncheon
2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Current Perspectives on Assisted Reproductive Technology
Cross-cultural and Feminist Perspectives
Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, University of New Mexico School of Law -view outline-Parental and Economic Perspectives
Pamela L. Madsen, Executive Director, The American Fertility Association, New York, New York
Racial Perspectives
Dorothy E. Roberts, Northwestern University School of Law -view presentation- -view outline-Moderator: Ellen Wright Clayton, Professor of Law and Professor of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University
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