Penn Bioethics Seminar Series (PBS): Lori Freedman, PhD

12:00pm - 1:00pm • Hybrid: 1402 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive (and virtual via Zoom)

2023-10-04 12:00:00 2023-10-04 13:00:00 America/New_York Penn Bioethics Seminar Series (PBS): Lori Freedman, PhD Practicing Medicine Under Abortion Bans: Catholic Health Systems and Ban States Lori Freedman, PhD Associate Professor (she, her) University of California, San Francisco ANSIRH/Bixby/Dept. of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences Lori Freedman, PhD, is a sociologist and a professor of obstetrics, gynecology & reproductive sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. She is also a Greenwall Faculty Scholar in bioethics. Her research is based within Advancing New Standards In Reproductive Health (ANSIRH), a program of the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health at UCSF. Dr. Freedman investigates the ways in which reproductive health care is shaped by our social structure and medical culture. Her book, Willing and Unable: Doctors’ Constraints in Abortion Care, is a qualitative study of the challenges to integrating abortion into physician practice. Unexpected findings from those physician interviews led her to research and write about the intersection of religion and health care, especially in the case of Catholic-owned hospitals, with an interest in how conscientious objection in medical practice operates at the institutional level. Her 2023 book, Bishops and Bodies: Reproductive Care in American Catholic Hospitals reveals both how the bishops’ directives operate and how people inside Catholic hospitals navigate the resulting restrictions on medical practice. Dr. Freedman received her bachelor of arts degree at the University of Oregon and her PhD in sociology from the University of California, Davis. Lunch provided for in-person participants Streaming available via Zoom Hybrid: 1402 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive (and virtual via Zoom) Penn Medical Ethics

Lori Freedman, PhD, is a sociologist and a professor of obstetrics, gynecology & reproductive sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. She is also a Greenwall Faculty Scholar in bioethics. Her research is based within Advancing New Standards In Reproductive Health (ANSIRH), a program of the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health at UCSF. Dr. Freedman investigates the ways in which reproductive health care is shaped by our social structure and medical culture. Her book, Willing and Unable: Doctors’ Constraints in Abortion Care, is a qualitative study of the challenges to integrating abortion into physician practice. Unexpected findings from those physician interviews led her to research and write about the intersection of religion and health care, especially in the case of Catholic-owned hospitals, with an interest in how conscientious objection in medical practice operates at the institutional level. Her 2023 book, Bishops and Bodies: Reproductive Care in American Catholic Hospitals reveals both how the bishops’ directives operate and how people inside Catholic hospitals navigate the resulting restrictions on medical practice. Dr. Freedman received her bachelor of arts degree at the University of Oregon and her PhD in sociology from the University of California, Davis.