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Research Program

Reproductive Health & Family Formation

Overview

I study legal and policy questions involving reproductive health and family formation, including frozen embryos, fetal-harm regulation, reproductive objectification, and medication use during pregnancy. This work spans legal scholarship and empirical health research.

Selected Scholarship

The Future of Frozen Embryos

Clare Ryan and Benjamin J. McMichael

SMU Law Review, 78(3): 789–826 (2025).

Reproductive Objectification

Meghan M. Boone and Benjamin J. McMichael

Minnesota Law Review, 108(5): 2493–2560 (2024).

Antidepressants Are the Most Commonly Discontinued Psychotherapeutic Medications in Pregnancy

Hayley D. Germack, Joan Combellick, Mandy Cooper, Krista Koller, and Benjamin J. McMichael

Women’s Health Issues, 32(3): 241–250 (2022).

State-Created Fetal Harm

Meghan Boone and Benjamin J. McMichael

Georgetown Law Journal, 109(3): 475–522 (2021).

Data, Code & Interactive Research

Approved public datasets, replication materials, figures, and interactive research may be collected here where available.