Lecture abstract:

In this discussion, Mary Holland talks about the work of Children’s Health Defense (CHD) in advocating for health freedom in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. With Holland’s expertise in law and health, the talk outlines CHD’s efforts in litigation, education, and policy to defend public health and ensure medical freedom. Highlighting pivotal legal challenges, Holland calls for accountability and evidence-based advocacy for a healthier tomorrow.

Mary Holland serves as President and General Counsel at CHD. Before joining CHD’s staff, Holland taught on the faculty at NYU School of Law for seventeen years and lectured at Columbia Law School on international human rights. She has co-authored or co-edited three books on vaccines, Vaccine Epidemic and The HPV Vaccine on Trial: Seeking Justice for a Generation Betrayed, and most recently Turtles All the Way Down: Vaccine Science and Myth. She has spoken in Congress, state legislatures and internationally on informed consent and vaccination. She appears weekly on CHD.TV’s podcast “This Week with Mary and Polly” for the week’s news in review.