Prof. Goodwin to Give 'Constitutional Battlefronts' Lecture at Harvard's Petrie-Flom Center

Professor Michele Goodwin will give a lecture at the Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard University on October 29, 2012, on her forthcoming article "Fetal Protection Laws: Moral Panic and the New Constitutional Battlefront." Goodwin's lecture and article examine criminal regulations of pregnancy through "maternal conduct laws" and "fetal protection laws." Goodwin posits that these laws are arbitrarily enforced, rely on faulty moral norms and justifications, and are at odds with Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment values.