Ethical and Legal Challenges Associated with Public Molecular Autopsies

Quianta L Moore¹, Mary A Majumder¹, Lindsey K Rutherford¹+1

• ¹Quianta L. Moore, M.D., J.D., is a Research Associate in the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine and a Scholar in Health Policy at the Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University. She has a M.D. from Baylor College of Medicine and a J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center. Mary A. Majumder, J.D., Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine. She has a J.D. from Yale Law School and a Ph.D. from Rice University. Lindsey K. Rutherford, J.D., holds the title of Assistant County Attorney for Harris County, Texas and serves as the General Counsel to the Chief Medical Examiner and Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences. She obtained her B.S. degree in Biology from Texas A&M University, her J.D. degree from the University of Houston Law Center and is licensed to practice law in the state of Texas. Amy L. McGuire, J.D., Ph.D., is the Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine. She received her J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center and Ph.D. from the University of Texas Medical School at Galveston.