Biography:John A. Robertson
John A. Robertson (June 15, 1943 – July 5, 2017)[1] held the Vinson and Elkins Chair at The University of Texas School of Law. He wrote and lectured widely on law and bioethical issues.[2]
Robertson was the author of two books on bioethics, The Rights of the Critically Ill, published in 1983, and Children of Choice: Freedom and the New Reproductive Technologies, published in 1994, and numerous articles on reproductive rights, genetics, organ transplantation, and human experimentation.
He served on, or had been a consultant to, many national bioethics advisory bodies, and was Chair of the Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Robertson was a fellow of the Hastings Center, an independent bioethics research institution.[3]
See also
- Procreative liberty
References
- ↑ "John Robertson, longtime UT law professor, dies". http://www.mystatesman.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/john-robertson-longtime-law-professor-dies/KXk6gUOxzKgqTJ1TZy6M7J/.
- ↑ "Archived copy". http://www.utexas.edu/law/faculty/cvs/jr43_cv.pdf.
- ↑ The Hastings Center Hastings Center Fellows. Accessed November 6, 2010
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