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Using the Pandemic as an Excuse to Limit Abortion
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssaySeveral states, including Ohio, Alabama, Arkansas, Texas, Iowa, and Oklahoma, declared abortion a nonessential service at some point during the pandemic, meaning that it was effectively banned until the crisis passed. Supporters of the policies maintain that abortion is an elective procedure whose medical resources are better off used in the fight against the pandemic. But abortion opponents have been taking advantage of the current circumstances to limit abortion access.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 - Hastings Center News
Questions About Conscientious Objection in Health Care
Read the PostHastings Center NewsIn 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...Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
Is Noninvasive Prenatal Genetic Testing Eugenic?
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayBefore noninvasive prenatal screening becomes a routine part of gestational care, society needs to have difficult conversations about the ethical implications and establish a paradigm for truly informed consent in reproductive decision-making. These are admirable goals, set out in an article by Vardi...Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
Preventing Sex-Selective Abortions in America: A Solution in Search of a Problem
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayArkansas has recently joined seven other states (Arizona, Kansas, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and South Dakota) in banning abortions for sex selection. Arizona’s law requires doctors to ask a woman seeking an abortion if she knows the sex of the fetus, and if she does,...Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
Neil Gorsuch, Aid in Dying, and Roe v. Wade
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