Bioethics Forum EssayBathroom Bills, Bigotry, and BioethicsIn an 11-hour emergency session on March 23, the North Carolina General Assembly passed the first statewide “bathroom bill” in the nation. The law, known as HB 2, or the...Read Bathroom Bills, Bigotry, and BioethicsBioethics Forum EssayWhy Is Ethics Too Often Playing Catch Up?The question is as old as the field of bioethics: why does ethics too often not see problems coming and is then forced to play catch-up? Note that I use...Read Why Is Ethics Too Often Playing Catch Up?Bioethics Forum EssayOn Naming NamesNo names will be named in this essay. Which I guess makes it philosophy. Technically I am trained to do philosophy. I got my masters and my Ph.D. in a...Read On Naming NamesBioethics Forum EssayLegal but Unethical: Who Works on That?It’s hard to say what is most horrifying in Carl Elliott’s report in the current issue of Mother Jones of a young man who died caught up in a pharma...Read Legal but Unethical: Who Works on That?Bioethics Forum EssayPrenatal Dex: Update and Omnibus ReplyOur Bioethics Forum essay from a little over a month ago has already spawned three further essays. So we’ve asked the editors to indulge us in this single reply and update....Read Prenatal Dex: Update and Omnibus ReplyBioethics Forum EssayFetal CosmetologyThere’s a common misperception that, now that the Johns Hopkins psychologist John Money is gone, so are all the ethical problems with the way people with genital anomalies are treated....Read Fetal CosmetologyBioethics Forum EssayAttention Shoppers: LBGTQ Rights Apparently Not Worth $6.67 to the American Psychological AssociationUsing the power of one’s wallet to effect social change: that’s got to be one of the best-loved steps in the beautiful dance we call American democracy. And so leaders...Read Attention Shoppers: LBGTQ Rights Apparently Not Worth $6.67 to the American Psychological AssociationBioethics Forum EssayDoes the NFL Need PETA?An article in this week’s New York Times revealed new evidence of a disturbingly high risk of dementia among National Football League players. Conducted at the University of Michigan and...Read Does the NFL Need PETA?Bioethics Forum EssayThe Next President’s Council on Bioethics: Who Cares What It Does?President Obama’s announcement that he will replace the members of the President’s Council on Bioethics has led to speculation about appointments and the issues a reconstituted commission might address. White...Read The Next President’s Council on Bioethics: Who Cares What It Does?Bioethics Forum EssayOlympic Problems with Sex TestingAh, Beijing, where men are men and women are… women until proven otherwise. As reported in the New York Times, “Organizers of the Beijing Olympics have set up a sex-determination...Read Olympic Problems with Sex Testing