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43 J.L. Med. & Ethics 1 (2015)

handle is hein.journals/medeth43 and id is 1 raw text is: LETTER FROM THE EDITOR f the packet containing this issue of the Journal ofLaw, Medi- cine & Ethics seems to be of the heavy variety, that is because it is. And it is likely a familiar feeling. We are currently in the middle of a particularly grueling stretch of production where we are publishing eight stand-alone issues of JLME in roughly a 10-month period. Our fall and winter issues of 2014 and our spring and sum- mer issues of 2015 all contain a very robust regular issue of the journal, as well as a special supplement. The late nights necessary to produce these issues are tempered, however, by the excitement of bringing our readers these important works of scholarship. Last year, we brought you supplements on genome sequencing and interprofessional global health education. Now, this spring we bring you a supplemental issue containing the papers delivered at the 2014 Public Health Law Conference, which was co-sponsored by the Network for Public Health Law and our parent organization, the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics. These important papers give us a window into the cutting-edge work happening in the field of public health law, and their inclusion in this issue is an effective way to preserve the work that is shaped and developed at these vital live conferences. Our regular issue of JLME is no less important. It features a sym- posium guest-edited by our longtime friend and Boston neighbor, Wendy Parmet: Free Speech and the Regulation of Reproductive Health.' In it Parmet and her team of authors ask hard questions about the First Amendment and reproductive rights, questions that range from the street corner (where and how far away may protes- tors of abortion rights stand in relation to clinics?) to the intimacy of the doctor's inner office (what is a doctor required and allowed to inform and show to a prospective patient?). The papers range from the deeply reflective and thoughtful to the outright provocative, but collectively they provide an extremely useful framework and guide to thinking about critical issues around free speech and reproduc- tive rights. Finally, I would be remiss if I did not also point you in the direc- tion of this issue's independent articles, which are collectively excellent, and are highlighted, in my opinion, by an excellent piece written by Megan Larkin, a former ASLME intern who has gone out into the world and done good. We shall follow her career with interest. In the meantime, we welcome the opportunity to produce these large double-issues if it means publishing that much more quality material in JLME. We hope to have the honor of continuing this exhaustion for many years to come. Ted Hutchinson Editor JLME FREE SPEECH AND THE REGULATION OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH * SPRING 2015

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