Professor Sally Sheldon
BA (Hons), PhD
Current positions
Professor of Law
University of Bristol Law School
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Research interests
Sally's research interests are primarily in health care law and ethics and the legal regulation of gender, with a particular focus on abortion law. She has recently completed two AHRC-funded projects: ‘How Can a State Control Swallowing?’ Medical Abortion and the Law, and ‘The Abortion Act (1967): a Biography’.
Publications
Recent publications
11/04/2024Patient and public involvement in abortion research
BMJ Sexual and Reproductive health
Beyond the Tram Lines
Oxford Journal of Legal Studies
Care not criminalisation
Journal of Medical Ethics
Contextual legal pedagogy: still radical?
International Journal of Law in Context
The Abortion Act 1967
The Abortion Act 1967