9 June, 2017, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
Macquarie University Research Centre for Agency, Values, and Ethics (CAVE) and Sydney University Centre for Values, Ethics, and Law in Medicine (VELiM) are hosting a workshop on the latest policy about sex selection in Australia on 9 June. All are welcome to attend but please register for catering purposes.
Speakers:
* Dr Tereza Hendl (University of Sydney, Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine)
* Prof Wendy Rogers (Macquarie University, Department of Philosophy)
* Dr Sascha Callaghan (University of Sydney, Sydney Law School)
* Dr Kate Gleeson (Macquarie University, Macquarie Law School)
* Morgan Carpenter (Organisation Intersex International Australia)
* Dr Tamara Browne (Deakin University, School of Medicine)
Preliminary Program:
10:00 – 10:10: Tereza Hendl and Wendy Rogers, Opening Remarks
10:10 – 10:30: Wendy Rogers, “What’s changed on sex selection since 2007 Guidelines”
10:30 – 11:15: Sascha Callaghan, “Sex selection and the law”
11:15 – 11:45: Morning tea
11:45 – 12:30: Tereza Hendl, “2017 Guidelines, sex selection and gender equity”
12:30 – 13:15: Kate Gleeson, “Sex selection using IVF and abortion from feminist legal perspectives”
13:15 – 14:00: Lunch
14:00 – 14:45: Morgan Carpenter, “Prenatal genetic diagnosis and its implications for children with intersex variations”
14:45 – 15:00: Tamara Browne, “Is gender disappointment a mental disorder?”
16:00 – 16:30: Panel discussion
Contact: All are welcome but please register with Tereza Hendl tereza.hendl[at]sydney.edu.au
For information about other events, please visit: mq.edu.au/cave/events
