Emily Galpern

Emily Galpern, MPH, is a consultant with more than 20 years’ experience coordinating policy coalitions and campaigns; facilitating groups of adults and young people; planning and leading trainings and conferences; and developing materials for educational and advocacy purposes. She has worked extensively with women, young people, immigrants, people of color, workers, LGBTQ people, and people with disabilities. Areas of expertise include the intersection of bioethics with reproductive health rights and justice; building bridges between social justice movements; as well as health disparities and inequities in public health and youth development. Clients and partners have included community-based organizations, movement-building organizations, universities, government agencies, policymakers, health systems, and unions. She received her BA in Women’s Studies from the University of California at Santa Cruz and her MPH from San Francisco State University.

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Publications

baby
By Cathy Sakimura and Emily Galpern, Men Having Babies | 05.12.2021

The COVID pandemic has placed new hurdles to having a child through surrogacy, complicating international surrogacy in particular by restricting...

In the News

4 pregnant women dressed in robes, standing in line; grayscale
By Bianca Facchinei, Newsy [cites CGS' Emily Galpern] | 03.25.2022

Photo by Astaken on Flickr

The war in Ukraine has disrupted trade and threatened the global economy, from oil to...

baby
By Cathy Sakimura and Emily Galpern, Men Having Babies | 05.12.2021

The COVID pandemic has placed new hurdles to having a child through surrogacy, complicating international surrogacy in particular by restricting...

Biopolitical Times

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...