What is a "reasonable medical judgement" that a patient would be harmed before an abortion is permissible?

Changes in abortion law threaten to undermine a major benefit of prenatal diagnosis, namely the ability of pregnant women to choose whether or not to continue their pregnancies upon learning of a serious fetal condition.

Framing the Issue Watch “Law Enforcement and Genetic Data: A Discussion for Journalists” with writer Sarah Zhang at The Atlantic, Ellen Wright Clayton, an internationally recognized leader in the field...

Below is a full list of recent webinars hosted by The Hastings Center: In Science We Trust? Can AI Promote Our Health & Well-Being? Can AI Improve Healthcare for Everyone?...

The 2021 events were presented in October and November 2021 in partnership with the Center for ELSI Resources & Analysis (CERA). The theme is: Genomics in Society: New Developments, New...

The Hastings Center, in partnership with the Center for ELSI Resources & Analysis (CERA), presented an online discussion for journalists, “Law Enforcement and Genetic Data” on October 26. Watch the...

As the cost of genome sequencing decreases, researchers and clinicians are debating whether all newborns should be sequenced at birth, facilitating a lifetime of personalized medical care. But while sequencing...

Edited by Josephine Johnston, Erik Parens, and Barbara A. Koenig As the cost of genome sequencing decreases, researchers and clinicians are debating whether all newborns should be sequenced at birth,...

Hastings Center Fellows are an elected group of individuals of outstanding accomplishment whose work has informed scholarship and/or public understanding of complex ethical issues in health, health care, life sciences...