Finley Named to Board of National Abortion Federation

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Lucinda Finley of Buffalo, professor of law at the University at Buffalo, has been elected to a three-year term on the board of directors of the National Abortion Federation (NAF).

Finley last fall wrote the brief and presented the oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in Schenck v. Pro-Choice Network of Western New York. The court’s ruling reaffirmed the right to establish buffer zones around abortion clinics to protect a woman's right to obtain abortion services free from obstruction by anti-choice protesters.

Vicki Saporta, NAF executive director, said Finley has had a long-standing commitment to ensuring women's access to health care, including access to abortion services.

A UB faculty member since 1989, Finley specializes in reproductive-health law, product liability reform and exposure to toxic products. She has testified before Congress on the women’s-health aspects of product liability reform and has written several amicus briefs in significant women’s-rights and reproductive-rights cases before the nation’s highest court.

Finley received a bachelor’s degree magna cum laude from Barnard College and a law degree from Columbia University.