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  When 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 article in the magazine Foreign Policy by… Read more

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  He Jiankui’s Genetic Misadventure, Part 2: How Different Are Chinese and Western Bioethics?

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  Last 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 refunds, free services, and “emotional support.” A similar incident… Read more

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  Wrongful Death Suits for Frozen Embryos: A Bad Idea

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  Last 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 eliminates significant obstacles to legal abortion for many… Read more

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  England’s Abortion Law Catches Up

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  That was one of the many questions explored at a public event at the New York Academy of Sciences on May 21, cosponsored by The Hastings Center, the Aspen Brain Institute and the New York Academy of Sciences. “The Enhanced Human: Risks and Opportunities” examined existing and emerging enhancement technologies, with a special focus on gene… Read more

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  Should We Pursue Genetic Cognitive Enhancement?

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  A transgender woman has successfully breastfed a baby. This case has been hailed as a “breakthrough” for transgender families. I will argue that being transgender is only peripherally relevant, and the potential risks to infants are unjustified. The woman, whose name and hometown were not given, had been taking hormonal medications since 2011 as part… Read more

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  Breastfeeding and Transgender Women

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  We live in an era in which great advances are occurring at the intersection of assisted reproduction technologies and genetics, often called reprogenetics. These advances include preimplantation genetic diagnosis, prenatal genetic testing, and gene editing. They hold great promise for improving human health and enhancing reproductive control. But they also demand careful thought and wise… Read more

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  Nominate An Article for The Hastings Center’s Journalism Awards

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  Little 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. It’s a unique initiative driven by a problem that has bedeviled… Read more

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  Vive la Bioéthique? France’s Bioethics Initiative

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  In January the Department of Health and Human Services acted to increase enforcement of laws that permit doctors and other health care workers to refuse to provide services such as abortion because of moral or religious objections. A new Conscience and Religious Freedom Division in the department’s Office for Civil Rights will be in charge… Read more

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  Questions About Conscientious Objection in Health Care

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  Noninvasive fetal genetic sequencing done early in pregnancy is poised to become a routine part of prenatal care. While it could offer patients substantial benefits, there is a risk that it will be integrated into care “without the robust, evidence-based informed consent process necessary for respecting women’s autonomy,” states an article in the August 10… Read more

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  Hastings Scholars in New England Journal of Medicine: Supporting Women’s Autonomy in Prenatal Testing

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  With 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 keep her. This… Read more

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  “The Handmaid’s Tale” and Modern-Day Surrogacy

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