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Child Abuse in Texas
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayMedical care that is widely considered beneficial for transgender teenagers has been identified as child abuse in Texas. The state attorney general issued a decision that gender-affirming medical treatments such as puberty-suppressing hormones fall under the definition of child abuse in Texas ...Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
With Pediatric Hospitalizations Rising, Reconsider Off-Label Covid Vaccination for Young Children
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayPfizer recently announced that its trials in children 2 to 5 years old produced a weaker than expected antibody response and that it would hold off requesting authorization from the Food and Drug Administration. This news creates opportunities – and additional challenges – for off-label use of Covid-19 vaccines in children,Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
The FDA and the Moral Distinction Between Killing and Letting Die
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On Being a Foster Parent During Covid
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Should New Mothers With Covid-19 Be Separated From Their Newborns?
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayThe Covid-19 pandemic has been characterized by many unknowns, chief among them in the world of pediatric ethics is the question of separating mothers who are infected or suspected of being infected from their newborns after delivery to reduce the risk of mother-to-child transmission. Guidance on this issue is conflicting.Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
Health Care for Obesity and Eating Disorders: What Needs to Change
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayThe theme of National Eating Disorder Awareness (NEDA) week , “Come as you are: Hindsight is 20-20,” is designed to encourage those recovering from eating disorders to reflect on their journeys towards body acceptance. It also affords doctors and other health professionals an opportunity to evaluate how well they are doing to help patients reach this goal.Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
Who Decides? Medical Intervention for Transgender and Intersex Children
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayWho should decide whether medical intervention on a child’s body is necessary? Ideally, the person who will undergo the treatment should have a say in these decisions. Patients themselves, even if they are children, should understand all their options and assent to whatever procedures are on the t...Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
What’s Wrong with Virginity Testing?
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayWhen the rapper T. I. disclosed on a podcast that he takes his 18-year-old daughter to a yearly gynecological examination to ensure that her hymen is still intact, the reaction of most people was condemnation. His obsession with her virginity is creepy, his subjecting her to an invasive procedure that has no medical value is controlling, and his willingness to talk about it publicly displays contempt for her rights to privacy and dignity. Some think that the law should prohibit physicians from performing or supervising virginity examinations. But the law is not the best means for dealing with the problem, and the problem is not simply virginity testing.Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
Immigrant DNA Collection: Fighting Crime or Moral Panic
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayLast week, the Trump Administration proposed a new rule that would “require DNA-sample collection from individuals who are arrested, facing charges, or convicted, and from non-United States persons who are detained under the authority of the United States.” Collecting DNA of people detained under the Department of Homeland Security is not permitted under U.S. law. The proposed rule aims to change that.Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
When Might Human Germline Editing Be Justified?
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayLast month, an international commission convened to consider whether and how germline editing – changing the genes passed on to children and future generations -- should proceed. The discussions focused mainly on the safety risks of the technology, which, while important, are not the only issues to consider. Any conversation regarding germline editing must also honestly and thoroughly assess the potential benefits of the technology, which, for several reasons, are more limited than generally acknowledged.Read the Post
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