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Mary Ann Glendon (born October 7, 1938 Pittsfield , Massachusetts ) J.D. , LL.M. , is the Learned Hand Professor of Law , at Harvard University Law School . She teaches and writes on Bioethics , Comparative Constitutional Law and Human Rights in International Law . She is a notable Pro-life Feminist .

She was appointed by '' named Glendon one of the "Fifty Most Influential Women Lawyers in America" in 1998 .

In 1995 she was the official Vatican representative to the international 1995 Beijing Conference on Women sponsored by the United Nations .

A divorced and remarried Catholic herself, Glendon is currently President of the Roman Catholic Church 's official Pontifical Council for the Social Sciences.

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  • :"What is clearly 'old-fashioned' today is the old feminism of the 1970s -- with its negative attitudes toward men, marriage and motherhood, and its rigid party line on abortion and gay rights."


She has been mentioned as among the possible Bush Supreme Court Candidates .


EXTERNAL LINKS

  • http://www.law.harvard.edu/faculty/directory/facdir.php?id=23

  • http://www.glendonbooks.com

  • http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110004735 Commentary on U.S. Federal Marriage Amendment

  • http://www.bioethics.gov/about/glendon.html