If you are in the San Francisco area, please join us at the 2013 UFL “Life and Learning” Conference.  Registration is available from 12 to 5 p.m. at the University of San Francisco Fromm Hall in the Commons.

Here is the conference schedule:

Friday, May 31st, 2013

2:00 – 2:15pm             Conference Opening and Welcome – (Fromm Hall, Xavier)

2:20 – 3:50pm             Panel Session I, (Fromm Hall)

A.     Law and Politics, Roe at 40 – I (Fromm Hall, Berman)

      Moderator: Lynn Wardle (Brigham Young University Law School)

•  “A Critique of ‘Before Roe v. Wade.’”   Sam Calhoun (Washington and Lee School of Law)
• “Re-Reading Roe v. Wade.”   Richard Myers (Ave Maria School of Law)
• “Can Roe v. Wade Be Overturned after 40 years?”  Clarke Forsythe (Americans United for Life)

B.      Economics of Abortion and Fertility (Fromm Hall, Xavier)

      Moderator: Keith Cassidy (University of Guelph)

•  Film screening, Q&A – 1 hour time allotment       Eggsploitation Jennifer Lahl (The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network)
• “Commercial Markets Created by Abortion”   Vicki Evans (Respect Life Program Coordinator, San Francisco Archdiocesan Office of Public Policy & Social Concerns)

C.      Abortion and the Classroom (Fromm Hall, Maier)

       Moderator: Jim Hanink (Loyola Marymount University)

•  “Teaching Oedipus the King as a Pro-Life Play”  Bernadette Waterman Ward (University of Dallas)
• “Anthology of Right-to-Life Literature: Establishing the Canonical Maturity of a Vibrant Social Force”   Jeff Koloze (Lorain County Community College)
• “Abortion:  Issues and Controversies:  A Freshman Seminar at Furman University” Carolyn J. Watson (Furman University)

4:00 – 5:00pm             Plenary Address I (Fromm Hall, Xavier)

                                    “The Danger of an Undignified Bioethics”    

                                    Wesley Smith (Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism)

5:00 –7:00 pm             Dinner – (Fromm Hall, Maraschi)

7:00 – 8:00pm             Plenary Address II (Fromm Hall, Xavier)

“Starting a Conversation about Devious Strategies in the Pro-life Movement”

Janet Smith (Sacred Heart Major Seminary)

8:30 – 9:30pm             Wine and Cheese Reception – (Fromm Hall, Commons)

Saturday, June 1st, 2013

8:00am                        Mass – Cristo Rey Monastery (corner of Parker and Fulton Streets)

8:15 – 9:00 am            Continental Breakfast (Fromm Hall, Commons)

9:00 – 10:30 am          Panel Session II (Fromm Hall)                      

A.     Law and Politics, Roe at 40 – II (Fromm Hall, Xavier)

Moderator: Sam Calhoun (Washington and Lee School of Law)

•  “The Logic of Roe v. Wade and the Quality of Its Arguments”  Francis Beckwith (Baylor University)
• “The Politics of Roe at 40” Jon Shields (Claremont McKenna College)
• “Testing the Limits: The Constitutionality of Current Legislative Challenges to Roe”  Scott Gaylord (Elon University)

B.      Ethical and Political Theory (Fromm Hall, Berman)

Moderator: Charles Bellinger (Brite Divinity School/Texas Christian University)

•   “Abortion Absolutes” Laura Garcia (Boston College)
• “Reclaiming the Moral High Ground: A Critique of the Modern Liberal Lexicon” John Safranek, M.D. (Independent Scholar)
• “New Natural Law Theory as a Meta-ethical Foundation for Pro-Life Dialogue” Shalina Stilley (Conception Seminary College)

C.      Fertility Issues (Fromm Hall, Maier)

Moderator: Barbara Freres (Cardinal Stritch University)

•  “Artificial Reproductive Technology: The Psychological Implications”  Elizabeth Ring-Cassidy (Our Lady Seat of Wisdom)
• “Is It Our Duty to have Designer Babies? A Critique of the New Eugenics” Richard Weikart (California State University, Stanislaus)
• “Preventing Unintended Pregnancies (the Natural Way) among Women with Hard Cases ” Richard Fehring (Marquette University)

10:45am – 12:00pm   Plenary Address III (Fromm Hall, Xavier)

“Stem Cells, Eggs and Embryos: the Controversy Continues”

William B. Hurlbut, M.D (Stanford University Medical Center)

12:00 – 1:00pm           Lunch – (Fromm Hall, Maraschi)

1:15 – 2:45 pm            Panel Session III (Fromm Hall)

 A.     Abortion and Culture – the International Scene I (Fromm Hall, Xavier)

       Moderator: Jeff Koloze (Lorain County Community College)

•  Film screening, Q&A – 1 hour time allotment Petals In The Dust: The Endangered Indian Girls   Nyna Caputi (Bel Air Films)
• “Grappling with The Cosmic ‘Single Issue’”  Gary Hardaway (Bakke Graduate University)

B.      Theory and Practice of Medicine (Fromm Hall, Berman)

Moderator: Richard Fehring (Marquette University)

•  “Answering Objections to Protecting the Conscience Rights of Health Care Workers” Chris Kaczor (Loyola Marymount University)
• “The Physician-to-Patient Relationship and Virtues-Based Ethical Analysis”  J.L.A. Garcia (Boston College)
• Conscience and Contraception in the Federal Courts   Joseph Devaney (University of Wisconsin, Green Bay)

C.      Concerning the Most Vulnerable (Fromm Hall, Maier)

Moderator: Teresa Collett (University of St. Thomas)

•  “What Do We Owe to Embryos?”   Jason Eberl (Indiana University School of Liberal Arts)
• “Rape/Incest Abortion: The Exception that Proves the Rule”   Tyler Graham (Independent Scholar)
• “Persons and Capacity” Mike Stannard (Willow International Community College Center)

3:00 – 4:30 pm            Panel Session IV (Fromm Hall)

 A.     Personal and Political Inconsistencies (Fromm Hall, Maier)

Moderator: Joseph Koterski, SJ (Fordham University)

•  “The Strange Case of Alexis Carrell, Eugenicist” Rev. John Conley, S.J. (Loyola University, Maryland )
• “Where are the Black Catholics in the Pro-life Movement?”  Paula Manchester (St. Charles Borromeo Seminary)
• “Lessons from the Wilderness:  Breaking the Environmentalist/Pro-choice Alliance”  Dane Waterman (Independent Scholar)

B.      How to Make the Point (Fromm Hall, Xavier)

Moderator: Kevin Miller (Franciscan University of Steubenville)

•  “On Life & Its Point”  Jim Hanink (Loyola Marymount University)
•  “The Trojan Cavalry: Using Ideas and Thinkers Respected in the Academic World as Pro-Life Resources” Charles Bellinger (Brite Divinity School / Texas Christian University)
• “Fetus as Child: A Suggestion for Pro-Life Vocabulary”  Karen Chan (St. Patrick’s Seminary and University)

C.      Abortion and Culture – the International Scene II (Fromm Hall, Berman)

Moderator: Richard Stith (Valparaiso University)

•  “The United Nations Agenda for Sexual License” Teresa Collett (University of St. Thomas)
• “Defending the Human Right to Life in Latin America” Bill Saunders (Americans United for Life)
• “A Two-Pronged Attack on Roe v Wade’s Fetal Non-Person Holding(s).”  Philip Rafferty (Independent Scholar)

4:30 – 5:00 pm            Open Microphone – (Fromm Hall, Xavier)

5:15 – 6:15 pm            Catholic Vigil Mass –Cristo Rey Monastery (corner of Parker and Fulton Streets)

6:30 – 8:30pm             Closing Banquet – Lone Mountain 100 (Upper Campus) Handlery Room

                                     Smith Award Recipient 

                                  Raymond Dennehy, Professor of Philosophy, University of San Francisco

 8:30 – 10:30pm           Hospitality Suite – Lone Mountain 140 (adjacent to LM 100)