Institute for Health Law, Bioethics, and Policy First Annual Symposium

The first annual conference of Touro University’s Institute for Health Law, Bioethics, and Policy will focus on  Reproductive Health Policy. This conference will be held on Thursday, March 20, 2025 at the Touro University Main Campus, at 3 Times Square in New York City with a virtual option to attend via Zoom.

This symposium seeks to address the current landscape of reproductive policy. Throughout the day, we will address three key topics in the field including in vitro fertilization, the effects of Dobbs on access to care and crisis pregnancy centers. The details of each panel’s discussion are as follows:

• Post-Dobbs Access to Care: Examining shifting OBGYN residency patterns and increased pregnancy risks resulting from policy barriers.

• IVF and Legal Definitions: Exploring how legal definitions of embryos shape the regulation of reproductive technologies.

• Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Analyzing the operations of unlicensed pregnancy centers and the legal landscape that enables their functioning.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: 

Eli Y Adashi
Professor of Medical Science, Brown University

Former Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences at Brown University, Dr. Adashi, an academic physician-executive, is a graduate of Tel Aviv University School of Medicine and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health program in Health Care Management. A former president of the Society for Reproductive Endocrinologists (SRE), the Society for Gynecologic Investigation (SGI), and the American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society (AGOS), Dr. Adashi also served as Examiner and Director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG).