Call for Abstracts & Papers
The Baby Markets Roundtable Conveners welcome the submission of abstracts and papers for the 2022 meeting to be held March 18-19, 2022, at the University of Pennsylvania.
Abstracts may engage any of the selected Roundtable themes listed below. Roundtable organizers will also consider abstracts that engage vibrant, cutting edge ideas in family law, international law, human rights, and rights of the child.
All abstracts must be submitted by FEBRUARY 15, 2022. Abstracts should not exceed 250 words. Paper drafts [not exceeding 10 pages] are due MARCH 4, 2022.
Submissions will be vetted by the Organizing Committee.
Authors may be invited to submit a paper for publication in the 2nd Edition Baby Markets Reader, published by Cambridge University Press. If you are interested in submitting a full manuscript length paper (20-25 pages/5,000-6,000 words) for publication consideration, please mark the designated box on the abstract submission form. More information about the first edition of Baby Markets >.
For those who would like to submit manuscripts for publication, final papers will be due APRIL 1, 2022.
Roundtable Themes
| Adoption | Native American Adoption |
| Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) | Ova Surrogacy |
| Child Trafficking | Personhood Legislation |
| Children’s Rights | Posthumous Reproduction |
| Constitutional Right to Procreate and Parent | Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) |
| Contractual Relationships | Private and Corporate Interests in Ova |
| Economics of Family-Making | Religion and ART |
| Embryo Adoption | Right to Parent |
| Federalism Tensions | Same-Sex Adoption |
| Foster Care | Same-Sex ART |
| Genetic and Trait Selection of Embryos and Fetuses | Sperm and Ova Selling |
| Gestational Surrogacy | Selective Reduction |
| Government Regulation | State Regulation |
| Human Slavery | Transnational Issues |
| In Vitro Fertilization | Welfare Reform |
| International Surrogacy | Womb Renting |
| Nanny State | Wrongful Birth/Wrongful Life |
Formal Invitations
Participants requiring formal invitations to help secure travel documents and/or funding should contact the Roundtable organizers directly.
Contact Information
Roundtable Chair:
Michele Goodwin, Chancellor’s Professor of Law
Director, Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy
University of California, Irvine School of Law
401 E. Peltason Drive, Suite 1000, Irvine, CA 92697-8000
COVID-19 safety protocols on campus
Our venue is The Perry World House, which is following the University of Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 guidelines. We have added some additional requirements as participants will be eating together inside, so testing will be key! Our requirements for Baby Market participants are currently as follows:
Before the event
- Upload proof of vaccination and (if eligible) booster by March 11.
- Provide a negative PCR within 72 hours prior to start of the event. Mary Pham (mary.pham@pennmedicine.upenn.edu) will send reminders and details on how to submit the results.
- Provide a negative rapid self-test the mornings of 3/18 and 3/19, before joining the event. Rapid self-tests will be provided to you, upon arrival, and Mary Pham will provide details on how and where to pick up your tests closer to the event.
- Complete a PennOpen Campus screening on your cell phone or computer the morning of both 3/18 and 3/19, before arriving at Perry World House. This will be checked at the door.
During the event
- All participants are required to wear an N95 mask (which will be provided to you) except when eating or drinking.
For information on COVID guidelines for this event, please contact Mary.Pham@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.