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Institute for Health Law, Bioethics, and Policy First Annual Symposium
Thursday, March 20, 2025
In-Person at Touro University, 3 Times Square, NYC
Virtually via Zoom

Check-In/Breakfast: 8:30 am
Conference: 9:15 am- 4:30 pm 

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).

 

NY CLE credit available to all participating attorneys.
Registration is FREE for this conference.
There is a $30 fee for CLE requirements.

Attorneys wishing to attend CLE Courses at or through Touro Law Center may apply for tuition assistance.

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Breakfast and Check-In: 8:30- 9:15 am

Welcome Remarks: 9:15 am
Elena B. Langan, Dean and Professor of Law, Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center

9:30-11:00 am: Post-Dobbs Access to Care: Examining shifting OBGYN residency patterns and increased pregnancy risks resulting from policy barriers.

Lynette Martins, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Health, New York Medical College
- In the patients’ best interest post-Dobbs

 Deborah Machalow, Assistant Professor of Law, The University of Toledo College of Law
- Actively doing harm: Restrictive abortion laws make pregnancy more dangerous and increase obstacles to reproductive care

Bruno Villazhinay Matute, Senior Administrator & Instructor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, New York Medical College
-Changes in OBGYN residency applications following the overturn of Roe v. Wade

Moderator: Patricia Salkin, Provost, Touro University

11:00-11:30 am: Networking Break

11:30 am-1:00 pm: IVF and Legal Definitions: Exploring how legal definitions of embryos shape the regulation of reproductive technologies.

Dov Greenbaum, Lecturer in Biomedical Informatics and Data Science, Yale School of Medicine
- Designer disabilities: Legal challenges of germline editing and reproductive autonomy

Jonathan Will, Professor of Law, Mississippi College School of Law
- Embryonic children, double effect, and the regulation of reproductive technologies

Dustin Nelson, Assistant Professor of Legal Studies, Moorehead State University
-Kentucky’s in vitro fertilization problem

Moderator: Neil W. Schluger, M.D., Dean, Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine, New York Medical College of Touro University

1:00-2:30 pm: Lunch & Keynote:

Eli Adashi, Professor of Medical Science, Former Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences at The Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University

2:30-4:00pm: Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Analyzing the operations of unlicensed pregnancy centers and the legal landscape that enables their functioning.

Aviva Zadoff, Director of Advocacy and Volunteer Engagement, National Council of Jewish Women New York
-Foundation of crisis pregnancy centers

Elizabeth Galani Zimmerman, Community Organizer, Jews for Repro NY, National Council of Jewish Women New York
- Legal/policy update on crisis pregnancy centers

Mika Matsuno, Director of Research and Strategy, Reproductive Health and Freedom Watch
- Data on crisis pregnancy centers

Moderator: Steven Lorenzet, Ph.D., Dean, School of Health Sciences, Touro University

4:00 pm Closing Remarks

Rebecca Feinberg, Distinguished Chair in Health Law, Bioethics, and Policy and Associate Professor of Law, Touro Law Center


For more information, please contact us:
cle@tourolaw.edu
(631) 761-7006

SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZER:
Rebecca Feinberg
Distinguished Chair in Health Law, Bioethics, and Policy and Associate Professor of Law, Touro Law Center
Professor Feinberg is cross-appointed as Associate Professor of Public Health and Bioethics at New York Medical College. Her scholarship focuses on reproductive policy and ethics with a particular emphasis on assisted reproductive technologies. Her work has been published in law reviews, medical journals, and bioethics journals.  

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