2015 Petrie-Flom Center Annual Conference
“Law, Religion, and Health in America”
May 8-9, 2015
Wasserstein Hall
Milstein East ABC
Harvard Law School
1585 Massachusetts Ave.,
Cambridge, MA [Map]
Religion and medicine have historically gone hand in hand, but increasingly have come into conflict in the U.S. as health care has become both more secular and more heavily regulated. Law has a dual role here, simultaneously generating conflict between religion and health care, for example through new coverage mandates or legally permissible medical interventions that violate religious norms, while also acting as a tool for religious accommodation and protection of conscience.
This conference will identify the various ways in which law intersects with religion and health care in the United States, understand the role of law in creating or mediating conflict between religion and health care, and explore potential legal solutions to allow religion and health care to simultaneously flourish in a culturally diverse nation.
Highlights:
Keynote Lecture: Religious Liberty, Health Care, and the Culture Wars
- Douglas Laycock, University of Virginia School of Law
Plenary Session: The Contraceptives Coverage Mandate Litigation
- Adèle Keim, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
- Gregory Lipper, Americans United for Separation of Church and State
The conference is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. View the full agenda and register online!
The 2015 Petrie-Flom Center Annual Conference, “Law, Religion, and Health in America,“ is supported by the Oswald DeN. Cammann Fund.
