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The human and legal rights of people with disabilities are recognized and protected by a number of international and domestic regulatory mechanisms.

Against this backdrop, this presentation will explore recent research about the legal regulation of disabled Canadian women's reproductive rights and needs.

It will also explore the ways in which the burgeoning strategies of听reprogenetics before, during and after pregnancy impact on understandings of disability and normality.

Speakers

搁辞虫补苍苍别听惭测办颈迟颈耻办 is an Associate Professor of Law at听Osgoode Hall Law School, where she teaches in the areas of Law and Disability, Family Law, and Health Law and Bioethics. From 1990-92, she was Senior Legal Researcher for the Canadian Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies. In 2002, she was appointed to the Ontario Advisory Committee on Genetics. In 2009, she was Scholar in Residence at the Law Commission of Ontario, working on their project on reforming the law as it relates to people with disabilities. Professor听Mykitiuk is the author or co-author of a number of articles and book chapters investigating legal, ethical and social implications of new reproductive technologies and the new genetics, and the legal construction and regulation of embodiment and disability. She holds a number of current research grants funded by SSHRC,听CIHR and Genome Canada.

闯别蹿蹿听狈颈蝉办别谤 is Coordinator of Health Ethics and Humanities and Professor of Obstetrics-Gynecology at the听Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario. He holds several national grants for听transdisciplinary research, centering on public understanding and engagement for health-policy development, particularly regarding emerging technologies. His educational initiatives embrace the Humanities and Social Sciences, such as in his narrative "bioethics and health ethics through film" courses. Jeff has written many scientific articles and book chapters, as well as seven plays and several short stories that explore equity in health issues and encourage compassion in healthcare. His plays have been performed throughout Canada, and in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and South Africa.

Moderator:

础产产测听尝颈辫辫尘补苍 is Professor听Emerita in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health at 91黑料网. She was Chair of the 91黑料网 Senate Subcommittee on Women, and is a women's health activist. She served as Chair of the Canadian Women's Health Network and is currently a Board member of the听F茅d茅ration du Quebec pour le planning des听naissances (FQPN). Her research, much of which is done with community-based groups, focuses on the politics of women's health and the development of policies related to the regulation and application of biotechnology. Her specific interests are pharmaceutical products and reproductive and genetic interventions.

Venue is wheelchair accessible.

For more information about this event, please contact: melanie.benard [at] mail.mcgill.ca

This event is co-organized by the Disability and the Law Portfolio of the Human Rights Working Group and by the 91黑料网 Journal of Law and Health. //听Cet听茅v猫nement听est co-organis茅 par le Portfolio听sur le听droit et le handicap du听Groupe听d'action en听mati猫re de听droits de la personne, et par la Revue de听droit et de la sant茅 de 91黑料网.

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