Mary Ann Glendon
| Mary Ann Glendon | |
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| United States Ambassador to the Holy See | |
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In office February 29, 2008 – January 20, 2009 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Francis Rooney |
| Succeeded by | Miguel Díaz |
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October 7, 1938 Pittsfield, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Mary Ann Glendon, J.D., LL.M. (born October 7, 1938) is the Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and a former United States Ambassador to the Holy See. She teaches and writes on bioethics, comparative constitutional law, property, and human rights in international law. She is pro-life and "writes forcefully against the expansion of abortion rights."
Glendon was raised in Dalton, Massachusetts. Her father, Martin Glendon, an Irish-Catholic Democrat, was a reporter for the Berkshire Eagle and also chaired the local board of selectmen.
Glendon received her Bachelor of Arts, Juris Doctor, and Master of Comparative Law from the University of Chicago.
Glendon practiced law in Chicago from 1963 to 1968. She became a professor at Boston College Law School in 1968 and began teaching at Harvard Law School in 1987.
In 1995, she was the Vatican representative to the international 1995 Beijing Conference on Women sponsored by the United Nations, where she contested the use of condoms for the prevention of HIV and AIDS. At the time, Pope John Paul II issued a statement that "The Holy See in no way endorses contraception or the use of condoms, either as a family planning measure or in HIV/AIDS prevention programs."
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