On March 7th, Brooklyn Law School will host a symposium entitled: "The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban: Health Care in the Shadow of Criminal Liability." The symposium will bring together a group of legal scholars and medical practitioners who will assess the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Gonzales v. Carhart, 550 U.S. ____ (2007); 127 S. Ct. 1610, upholding the validity of the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban. Following the Court’s decision, the legal status of these procedures is likely to remain contested, with debates shifting to address how the law will be enforced and interpreted. Also, the extent to which criminal prosecution will influence, or dictate, physicians’ decision making remains unclear. Thus, the symposium will assess Carhart’s likely effects on health care, including physicians’ professional medical judgments and patients’ access to treatment.
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