Sheelagh McGuinness is Professor of Law in the Centre for Health, Law, and Society at the University of Bristol Law School in the United Kingdom. Prior to working at Bristol Sheelagh held posts at the University of Birmingham and Keele University. She researches and publishes in the areas of health and reproduction. Currently she is a co-investigator on the Wellcome Trust funded Epistemic injustice in healthcare (2023-2029) and the Arts and Humanities Research Council funded Reproductive Borders and Bordering Reproduction (RBBR): Access to Care for Women from Ethnic Minority and Migrant Groups (2024-2027). Her previous research projects have examined abortion, reproductive loss, and best interest decision making in healthcare. Sheelagh is a member of the Board of Trustees of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (2019-2024) having previously been a member of their Research and Ethics Committee. She has in the past been a member of the Irish National Screening Advisory Service, the Independent Ethics and Governance Council of UK Biobank, and the Medical Ethics Committee of the Royal College of General Practitioners.