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| Title: | Religious Exemptions, Sexual Freedom, and the Biopolitics of US Healthcare |
| When: | Friday, October 5, 2012 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
| Location: | 20 Cooper Square, New York, NY 10003 |
| Description: | The Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics and the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality present: Religious Exemptions, Sexual Freedom, and the Biopolitics of U.S. Healthcare Friday, October 5, 2012 10:30 am - 6:00 pm Hemispheric Institute 20 Cooper Square, 5th Floor In the immediate aftermath of Roe v Wade and the legalization of abortion nationwide, in 1973, the U.S. Congress passed the first of what would become an expanding series of “religious exemptions” or “conscience clauses.” These exemptions allow healthcare professionals to refuse to provide otherwise legal medical services or procedures because they violate the religious beliefs or “conscience” of the medical provider. In the intervening years, the range of issues covered by religious exemptions has expanded to include same-sex marriage and adoption by same-sex parents as well as the removal of feeding tubes and other end-of-life care issues. The frame for this one-day symposium is the broad array of constitutional, public policy, political, and ethical issues implicated in the practice of religious exemptions in both federal and state law. The timing of the symposium—on the heels of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision on the Affordable Care Act; in the midst of a general election campaign in which healthcare, reproductive rights, and same-sex marriage remain profoundly divisive issues; and just months before the 40th anniversary of Roe—makes this discussion all the more urgent. Participants: • Khiara M. Bridges, Boston University • Elizabeth A. Castelli, Barnard College • Katherine Franke, Center for Gender and Sexuality Law, Columbia Law School • Janet R. Jakobsen, Barnard Center for Research on Women, Barnard College • Ann Neumann, The Revealer • Ann Pellegrini, New York University • Winnifred Fallers Sullivan, Indiana University Bloomington • Lois Uttley, MergerWatch This event is organized with the generous support of The Henry Luce Foundation |
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