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Summary:
Across the country, pregnancy and maternal health care are being policed, prosecuted, and politicized. This urgent one-day summit brings together leading voices to discuss how criminalization operates on a national level and what it will take to decriminalize care.
LOCATION: Georgetown University, McCourt School of Public Policy
DATE: December 5, 2025
TIME: 8:00 am - 5:30 pm ET
COST: FREE (registration is required)
CLE Credit: Up to 6.0 credits
SEMINAR VENUE:
Georgetown University
McCourt School of Public Policy
125 E St. NW, 9th Floor
Washington, DC 20001
HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS:
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Agenda
The program agenda and faculty are subject to change.
Friday, December 5, 2025 | |
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8:00-9:00 am | Breakfast & Registration |
9:00-9:30 am |
Welcome & Keynote Address
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9:30-10:30 am |
The Supreme Court’s Quiet Revolution: State Power, Medical Standards, and the Future of Reproductive Rights
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10:30-10:45 am | Break |
10:45 am – 11:45 am |
Legacy on the Line: Midwifery from Historic Persecution to Current Prosecutions
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11:45 am- 12:45 pm | Lunch Break (Lunch Provided) |
12:45-1:45 pm |
They Can Jail Someone for That?
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1:45-2:45 pm |
Criminalization Care: New Findings on Reproductive Health Prosecutions and Arrests
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2:45-3:00 pm | Break |
3:00-4:00 pm |
Disability, Parenting, and Criminalization
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4:00-5:00 pm |
Bans Without Borders: Immigrant Communities Under Attack |
5:00-5:30 pm |
Closing |
Faculty
- Professor Michele Goodwin, Co-faculty Director of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law
- Cary Aspinwall, Investigative Reporter, The Marshall Project
- Molly Meegan, JD, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- Dr. Monica McLemore, PhD, MPH, RN, Visiting Professor at NYU Meyers
- Dr. Monika Mitra, Nancy Lurie Marks Professor of Disability Policy and Director of the Lurie Institute for Disability Policy at Brandeis University
- Dr. Grace Howard, San Jose State University
Code of Conduct
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