Sheelagh McGuinness is Senior Lecturer in law at the University of Bristol. Her research interests include the regulation of reproduction, and health law more generally. Sheelagh is currently working on an ESRC-funded project examining issues of reproductive loss; https://deathbeforebirthproject.org/. 

Her public service roles include being a member of the Independent Ethics and Governance Council of UK Biobank and a member of the Research and Ethics Committee at bpas. Sheelagh is on the editorial board of Feminist Legal Studies and a founding member of Lawyers for Choice.