Santa Cruz Prof. Monica Casper, author of "The Making of an Unborn Patient: A Social Anatomy of Fetal Surgery," explores the ethics, risks and unanswered questions about a new and controversial surgical procedure in her September 30 lecture at Sonoma State University.
Casper analyzes how the medical practice of opening up a women's uterus and attempting to correct fetal abnormalities raises difficult questions about women's health, reproductive rights, and access to health care. Just two of the questions she'll address are:
* If the fetus is a patient, then does the fetus have "personhood"?
* Could a judge then require a pregnant women to have surgery to correct fetal abnormalities?
Casper speaks as a part of the Sonoma State University Women's Health Lecture Series which meets every Thursday through December 9, 7-8:30 p.m., in Rachel Carson Hall 68. Every lecture is free and open to the public.
For more information about Monica Casper's lecture or the rest of the series, contact the Women's Resource Center at (707) 664-2845, or visit the WRC web site at: www.sonoma.edu/campuslife/wrc/WHLS.html.
Parking on the SSU campus is $1.50.
