Here is a sneak preview of the 2015 Life and Learning UFL Conference program to be held at St. Thomas Law School in Minneapolis May 29-30. For more information and to register for the Conference, go to the UFL web page here.
Conference Program
25th Annual Conference
1991-2015
Life & Learning XXIV
May 29 – 30, 2015
Hosted by
University of St. Thomas School of Law
Minneapolis, MN
Friday, May 29th
12:00 – 2:00pm Conference Registration –
12:00 – 5:00pm Refreshments –
2:00 – 2:15pm Conference Opening and Welcome –
Teresa Collett, UFL President and Conference Host
2:30 – 4:00pm Panel Session I
- A
- “Countering Some Popular Arguments for Euthanasia”, Catherine Deavel (University of St. Thomas)
- “Addressing the Issues of Abortion and Euthanasia in the Fundamentals of Nursing: Utilizing the Theory of Moral Distress.”, Elizabeth Sutton MSN, RN (Queensborough Community College)”
- “Compassion and Assisted Suicide”, Mary Rose Lemmons (University of St. Thomas)
- B
- “The Telos of the Child”, Deborah Savage, Ph.D.( St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity)
- “Overcoming the Imaginative Barrier to Embryonic Personhood”, Richard Stith (Valparaiso University Law School)
- “The Authentic Identity of Motherhood: Surrogacy and the Nature of Woman”, John Goerke (Student, University of St. Thomas)
4:15-5:15 pm Plenary Address I – Melissa Moschella
5:30 –7:15 pm Dinner – McGinley Center Ballroom
Saturday, May 30th
8:00 – 9:00 am Mass
8:15 – 9:15 am Continental Breakfast
9:30 – 11:00 am Panel Session II –
- A
- “Why the Right to Elective Abortion Fails Casey’s Own Interest-Balancing Methodology – and Why It Matters”, Steve Gilles (Quinnipiac University School of Law)
- “A Draft Opinion Overruling Roe v. Wade”, Clarke Forsythe (Americans United for Life)
- “PPACA (Obamacare) and Abortion”, Lynn Wardle (J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University)
- B
- “Suicide, Shakespeare and Sloth”, Bernadette Waterman Ward (University of Dallas)
- “Evangelical and Catholic Vampire Hunters Together”, David Deavel (University of St. Thomas)
- “Abortion Distortion: Correcting Literary Criticism’s Misreading of Early Twentieth- Century Abortion Fiction”, Jeff Koloze (Lorain County Community College) – delivered by David Mall
11:15 – 12:30pm Lunch
1:00 – 2:00 pm Plenary Address II – Daniel Gannon
2:15 – 3:15 pm Panel Session III
- A
- “Walker – McGill v. Stuart Before the U.S. Supreme Court: Ultrasounds as Ordinary Informed Consent”, Morse Tan (Northern Illinois University College of Law)
- “Significant Restrictions on Abortions at 8 Weeks is Consistent with Legal Principles of Roe”, Michael Degnan (University of St. Thomas)
- “Rape, Acute Stress, and Pregnancy: Was Jack Willke Right?”, Richard Fehring (Marquette University)
- B
- “Abortion and the Argument from Uncertainty”, Mathew Lu (University of St. Thomas)
- “Historical Reenactments: A Key Pro-life Argument”, Charles Bellinger (Brite Divinity School)
- “The Problem with Polling Millennials on Abortion”, Tina Whittington (Students for Life of America)
3:30 – 4:30 pm Panel Session IV
- A
- “Economies of Co-Operation: An Alternative to Capitalism, Collectivism, and the Culture of Death”, Eric Manchester (St. Charles Borromeo Seminary)
- “Creating a Culture of Pro-Life Virtue: Persistent Acts of Mercy, Not Random Acts of Kindness”, Heidi Giebel (University of St. Thomas)
- Barbara Freres
- B
- “Actions of the UN Secretary General regarding conflict –related rape”, Teresa Collett (University of St. Thomas School of Law)
- “A Critique of Carter v. Canada”, Richard Myers (Ave Maria School of Law)
4:30 – 5:00 pm Open Microphone –
5:30 pm Catholic Vigil Mass –
6:30 – 8:30pm Closing Banquet –
UFL Writing Contest Award Presentation
8:30 – 10:30pm Hospitality Suite-