Assistant Professor Harvard Law School

Academic Fellow, 2006-08

Prof. Cohen's primary research interests are in bioethics and health law. He is currently working on projects relating to reproductive technology and medical tourism, but his past work has included projects on end of life decision-making, FDA regulation, research ethics, and commodification. Prior to joining the faculty, Prof. Cohen served as a clerk to Chief Judge Michael Boudin, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He also served as an appellate attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate staff, where he acted as lead counsel in over 12 Circuit Court cases and represented the United States in the U.S. Supreme Court, in conjunction with the Solicitor General's office. Immediately before joining the faculty he was a fellow at Harvard Law School's Petrie-Flom for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics, where he remains a faculty affiliate.

"“A number of courts and commentators have made reference to a “right not to procreate” (singular), but are not at all clear on what exactly this right means. I argue that many of these authorities have erred by conceiving of a monolithic “right not to procreate,” and we should instead recognize a bundle of rights having multiple possible sticks. That is, we must unbundle the rights not to be a gestational, legal, and genetic parent.”

I. Glenn Cohen

Assistant Professor 2008

Academic Fellow 2006-08


	I. Glenn Cohen Assistant Professor Harvard Law School Academic Fellow, 2006-08 Prof. Cohen's primary research interests are in bioethics and health law. He is currently working on projects relating to reproductive technology and medical tourism, but his past work has included projects on end of life decision-making, FDA regulation, research ethics, and commodification. Prior to joining the faculty, Prof. Cohen served as a clerk to Chief Judge Michael Boudin, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He also served as an appellate attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate staff, where he acted as lead counsel in over 12 Circuit Court cases and represented the United States in the U.S. Supreme Court, in conjunction with the Solicitor General's office. Immediately before joining the faculty he was a fellow at Harvard Law School's Petrie-Flom for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics, where he remains a faculty affiliate. "“A number of courts and commentators have made reference to a “right not to procreate” (singular), but are not at all clear on what exactly this right means. I argue that many of these authorities have erred by conceiving of a monolithic “right not to procreate,” and we should instead recognize a bundle of rights having multiple *possible* sticks. That is, we must unbundle the rights not to be a gestational, legal, and genetic parent.” I. Glenn Cohen Assistant Professor 2008 Academic Fellow 2006-08

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