Speaking
Talk topics
- Technically human: reproductive technology and human dignityIVF, embryo screening, and gene editing, and what new reproductive tools mean for parents and children.
- Restorative reproductive medicine and the future of women’s healthTreating the causes of infertility, and what policymakers can do to support it.
- Rethinking hormonal birth controlWhy a growing number of women are questioning the pill.
- Toward a Protestant theology of the bodyWhat our bodies are for, and why the church needs an answer.
- Pro-life strategy after DobbsLessons from Lincoln on law, persuasion, and changing hearts and minds.
Past appearances include The Federalist Society National Convention, The Fund for American Studies Journalism Awards Dinner, National Pro-Life Summit (Students for Life of America), March for Life Leadership Institute, Frontline HQ (Frontline Policy Council), WORLD Radio, Ave Maria Radio.
Short bio for programs and introductions
Katelyn Walls Shelton is a Visiting Fellow in the Ethics and Public Policy Center’s Bioethics, Technology and Human Flourishing Program and a 2025–2026 Robert Novak Journalism Fellow. A former Special Assistant for Global Women’s Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, she writes on reproductive technology, women’s health, and the beginning of life. She is an inaugural opinion contributor to WORLD, and her work has appeared in The Dispatch, National Review, Christianity Today, First Things, and elsewhere. She holds a master’s degree in ethics from Yale Divinity School.