UFFL Life and Learning Conference 2013

Twenty-Third Annual Conference
"Life and Learning XXIII"
Coming May 31-June 1, 2013
University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
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Plenary Speakers:

William Hurlbut – William B. Hurlbut, M.D., is Consulting Professor in the Neuroscience Institute at Stanford, Stanford University Medical Center. He served on President George W. Bush’s Council on Bioethics from 2001 to 2008.

Wesley Smith –Wesley Smith, lawyer and prolific writer, is a Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism. He will speak on "The Danger of an Undignified Bioethics."

Janet Smith – Janet Smith is the Fr. Michael J. McGivney Chair of Life Issues at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, Michigan and consultant to the Pontifical Council for the Family.


"Roe v. Wade at 40" Panel Presenters:

Jon Shields – Associate Professor of Government, Claremont McKenna College

Francis Beckwith – Professor of Philosophy and Church-State Studies, Baylor University

Samuel Calhoun – Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University School of Law

Richard Myers – Professor of Law, Ave Maria School of Law


Other presenters include:

Christopher Kaczor – Professor of Philosophy, Loyola Marymount University

Jason Eberl - Associate Professor of Philosophy, Indiana University School of Liberal Arts

Jennifer Lahl, R.N, M.A. - founder and president of The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network, producer of the documentary film, Eggsploitation

Nyna Caputi – Co-Founder of Bel Air Films, producer of documentary film, Petals in the Dust

Scott Gaylord - Professor of Law, Elon University School of Law;

William Saunders - Senior Vice-President, Americans United for Life;

Clarke Forsythe - Senior Counsel, Americans United for Life.