LMI Lecture: Prof Sheelagh McGuinness - Whose baby is it anyway?

Schedule

Wed Dec 10 2025 at 06:00 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Liverpool Medical Institution & Conference Centre | Liverpool, EN

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Part of our Presidential Lecture Programme, 186th Session
LMI President 2025-6: Professor Andrew Weeks
About this Event

Part of the 'Bringing Life' lecture programme organised by this year's president of Liverpool Medical Institution, Professor Andrew Weeks.
Title: Whose baby is it anyway? An exploration of the legality and philosophy of birth

Sheelagh McGuinness is professor of law at the University of Bristol. Her research interests include the regulation of reproduction, and health law more generally. Sheelagh is currently working on an ESRC-funded project examining issues of reproductive loss: https://deathbeforebirthproject.org/.

Her public service roles include being a member of the Independent Ethics and Governance Council of UK Biobank and a member of the Research and Ethics Committee at bpas. Sheelagh is on the editorial board of Feminist Legal Studies and a founding member of Lawyers for Choice.

Please enter the building via the front entrance on Mount Pleasant.

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Liverpool Medical Institution & Conference Centre, 114 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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