My body, my choice: exploring the limits of consent
From birth to death, from late-term abortion on the basis of the disability of the foetus, to choices about puberty blockers to the demand to legalise assistance with dying, our bodies have become legal battle-grounds. How far are we entitled to assert that it is simply a matter of our choice – and who gets to decide when and how we have the right to make that choice?
Date: 19 January 2024, 15:00 (Friday, 1st week, Hilary 2024)
Venue: Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbe's Street OX1 1PT
Venue Details: Oxford Uehiro Centre, Suite 1
Speaker: Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon) (39 Essex Chambers)
Organising department: Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics
Organiser: Binesh Hass (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: binesh.hass@philosophy.ox.ac.uk
Host: Binesh Hass (University of Oxford)
Part of: Practical Ethics and Law Lectures
Booking required?: Not required
Cost: Free
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Rachel Gaminiratne