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Surprising Surge of Egg Freezing during the Pandemic Raises Ethical Questions
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Chinese Bioethicists: He Jiankui’s Crime is More than Illegal Medical Practice
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayProfessionals and the public in China first learned of the jail sentence of He Jiankui from the report of Xinhua News Agency. No information, including any interpretation, was provided by the Court. But the reported words of the sentence are so ambiguous as to leave room for different interpretations. We believe that the public has the right to know more than Xinhua News Agency reported.Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
Moratorium on Human Genome Editing: Time to Get It Right
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He Jiankui’s Genetic Misadventure, Part 2: How Different Are Chinese and Western Bioethics?
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayWhen the world’s first research on editing the genes of human embryos by Chinese scientists was published in an international journal in 2015, a report in the New York Times characterised the key issue involved as “a scientific ethical divide between China and West.” Earlier this year, an art...Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
Wrongful Death Suits for Frozen Embryos: A Bad Idea
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayLast March, 4,000 frozen eggs and embryos were lost at University Hospitals Fertility Center in Cleveland when the temperature in cryogenic tanks spiked due to human error. Officials at University Hospitals have apologized repeatedly to the affected patients, and say that they are working to provide ...Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
England’s Abortion Law Catches Up
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayLast month, England announced that it would allow women to take the second pill required for a medical abortion–misoprostol–at home, rather than requiring them to travel to a clinic. The policy brings England in line with Scotland and Wales, as well as many other countries, and it elimina...Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
Breastfeeding and Transgender Women
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Vive la Bioéthique? France’s Bioethics Initiative
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayLittle noticed in the United States but a big deal in France, President Emmanuel Macron announced in January that he is creating a bioethics commission to review the country’s policies on a wide range of subjects, including human reproduction, euthanasia, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence. ...Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
“The Handmaid’s Tale” and Modern-Day Surrogacy
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayWith the wild popularity of the new TV series The Handmaid’s Tale, surrogacy is back in the limelight. The Hulu show, based on the cautionary novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood, follows Offred, a woman who is isolated and confined for the sole purpose of bearing children for the people who ...Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
Banning Abortion for Down Syndrome: Legal or Ethical Justification?
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayThe Ohio legislature is expected to approve a bill this fall that would make it illegal for doctors to perform an abortion if the reason the woman wants a termination is to avoid having a baby with Down syndrome. Since prenatal tests for Down syndrome are done in the second, or even the first, trimes...Read the Post