SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 2006--The Center for Women Policy Studies and the Women's Bioethics Project (WBP) today announced the formation of the first-ever State Legislative Advisory Board on Women and Bioethics. The bipartisan 15-member board is made up of progressive state legislative leaders from around the country. The first meeting of the newly formed board will be held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) on Monday, Aug. 14, 2006, 3-5 p.m. at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn. The meeting is open to the public.
The advisory board meeting will feature a presentation by Dr. Robin N. Fiore, who is the Adelaide R. Snyder Professor of Ethics at Florida Atlantic University. Dr. Fiore's presentation will cover a full range of bioethics issues ranging from end-of-life issues and the effect of the Terry Schiavo case to stem cell research and its impact on women's reproductive rights and health. Following the presentation, the legislative leaders attending the meeting will assist the Center for Women Policy Studies and the WBP in planning a Bioethics Seminar for Women State Legislative Leaders, which will take place in 2007.
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| 1 - | Terri Schiavo: Federal court review (S. 686) |
| 2 - | Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: (CIANA): hostile Scott Amendment |
| 3 - | Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA): hostile Jackson-Lee Amendment |
| 4 - | Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA): passage |
| 5 - | Funding of embryo-killing stem cell research (H.R. 810) |
| 6 - | Abortion in military medical facilities |
| 7 - | Coercive abortion / United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) |
| 8 - | Abortion in military medical facilities |
| 9 - | Funding of embryo-killing stem cell research (H.R. 810): veto override |
NRLC Scorecard 109th Congress U.S. House of Representatives
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