Emily Galpern
Emily Galpern is a consultant focusing on the intersection of reproductive justice and human biotechnologies. She specializes in policy advocacy, organizational capacity building, and education about assisted reproductive technologies and their impact on the health and rights of women and pregnant people. Emily partners with organizations and scholars in the US and internationally in the fields of reproductive rights and justice, racial justice, disability rights, LGBTQ rights, and Indigenous sovereignty to recognize how the legacies of oppression and eugenics, as well as contemporary forms of injustice, affect people’s lives and advocate together for better policies and practices. Emily has worked as a consultant and non-profit worker for more than 20 years, fighting reproductive oppression and building bridges between social justice movements.
Publications
The COVID pandemic has placed new hurdles to having a child through surrogacy, complicating international surrogacy in particular by restricting...
In the News
The COVID pandemic has placed new hurdles to having a child through surrogacy, complicating international surrogacy in particular by restricting...
Biopolitical Times
Update, June 27, 2024: Spanish and German translations of the Social Justice and Human Rights Principles for Global Deliberations on...
photo credit: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
The Center for Genetics and Society would like to congratulate reproductive...
For a roundup of recent articles on the impact of the war on surrogacy, see this page at Surrogacy360...
Talks and Testimonies
CGS Consultant Emily Galpern spoke at the Black Women for Wellness Reproductive Justice Conference in August 2023 about...