Courtney Campbell, Oregon State University philosophy professor, has focused on the Latter-day Saints and medical ethics, as well as hospice and assisted suicide. He has authored numerous articles on the controversial Oregon Death with Dignity Act and on the Oregon Health Plan.

Gerald McKenny is a professor of Christian ethics and moral theology at the University of Notre Dame. He studies and writes about the ethics of biotechnology and the philosophy of medicine.

Kathryn Rettig is a professor of family social science at the University of Minnesota who has looked at marriage issues, child support systems and the values underlying end-of-life decisions.

Stella Capek, Hendrix College sociology professor, has studied the right-to-die movement in the United States.

Dixon Sutherland is the Stetson University professor of religion and ethics and has also served as director of the Christian Ethics Institute.

Judy Waxman is the vice president and director of health and reproductive rights at the National Women’s Law Center, which works to protect women’s reproductive rights. Contact Maria Patrick.

James Hoefler is a professor and the coordinator of the political science department at Dickinson College.

Nancy Northup is the president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, a global human rights organization that uses constitutional and international law to secure women’s reproductive freedom. Contact senior press officer Kate Bernyk.

Arthur Dyck is a Harvard University professor of population ethics.. His main concentration is in ethical theory, with special application to questions of moral knowledge, human rights, and bioethics.