Ronald M. GreenPosts by Ronald M. GreenBioethics Forum EssayDo We Have a Moral Obligation to Genetically Enhance our Children?The Oxford philosopher Julian Savulescu, among others, has argued that prospective parents engaging in embryo selection using preimplantation genetic diagnosis not only may seek to have genetically enhanced children but...Read Do We Have a Moral Obligation to Genetically Enhance our Children?Related PostsBioethics Forum EssayEnough Already with the Medical Cheap ShotsAll manner of officials in high places in the United States have been coming under scrutiny lately as to their fitness for office. Donald Trump Jr. piled on to right-wing attacks on...Read Enough Already with the Medical Cheap Shots Ethics and AbortionSelected resources from The Hastings Center. Bioethics Briefings: AbortionA central philosophical question in the abortion debate concerns the moral status of the embryo and fetus. Public opinion on abortion falls...Read Ethics and Abortion The Hastings Center Bioethics Timeline“Bioethics” has been defined in several different ways. Most broadly, it is the interdisciplinary study of ethical, legal, and social issues arising in the life sciences and health care. Though...Read The Hastings Center Bioethics TimelineHastings Center NewsHastings Center Genetics Symposium Draws Journalists from Around the WorldIs there a parental obligation to create “better” babies? Now that scientists can genetically edit plants and animals for agricultural and other purposes, what can we learn from the longstanding...Read Hastings Center Genetics Symposium Draws Journalists from Around the WorldHastings Center NewsHastings Center Organizes Symposium for International Journalism Conference: Ethical Debates on New Genetic TechnologiesThe Hastings Center is working with the World Conference of Science Journalists to organize a pre-conference symposium, “New Genetic Technologies: Ethical Debates and Global Science Policy.” The 10th World Conference...Read Hastings Center Organizes Symposium for International Journalism Conference: Ethical Debates on New Genetic TechnologiesBioethics Forum EssayNeil Gorsuch, Aid in Dying, and Roe v. WadeGiven the chance, would Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch vote to overturn Roe v Wade? Challenge state "death with dignity" laws?Read Neil Gorsuch, Aid in Dying, and Roe v. Wade PRESS RELEASE: 03.27.12 Bioethics Gets Personal with Hastings’ First Consumer Website and Hastings-NOVA Special on Personalized Medicine Premiering on PBS on March 28(Garrison, NY) Will genetic testing and personalized medicine change the way you think about your life? Should it? What can you really learn about your future from direct-to-consumer genetic tests–or...Read PRESS RELEASE: 03.27.12 Bioethics Gets Personal with Hastings’ First Consumer Website and Hastings-NOVA Special on Personalized Medicine Premiering on PBS on March 28 PRESS RELEASE: 9/14/13 Synthetic Biology and Morality: New Book Explores Ethical Questions about Creating “Artificial Life”Synthetic biology aims to design and build organisms to serve human ends, such as producing inexpensive biofuels and developing new kinds of medicines. But this new form of biotechnology also...Read PRESS RELEASE: 9/14/13 Synthetic Biology and Morality: New Book Explores Ethical Questions about Creating “Artificial Life”