by Suzanne M. Rivera, Ph.D. One of the peculiar legacies of unethical human experimentation is an impulse to protect people from perceived research risks, even when that means interfering with the ability of potential participants to…
The Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE) uses a unique historical lens to engage law students in an intensive course of study focused on contemporary legal ethics. FASPE Fellows are granted…
We have an award-winning blogger among us! Glenn Cohen’s posts on Personhood have been selected by The Post (a Green Bag-related entity) as among the best law blog posts of the past six months. The posts…
By Michele Goodwin In recent months, women’s reproduction has been in the spotlight. A few weeks ago, the Republican Party adopted an anti-abortion platform calling for a constitutional amendment outlawing abortion and making no exception…
This blog post was prompted by discussions with Frances Kamm, Jonathan Wolff, and others after a great presentation Jonathan gave on the Valuation of Life and Health in Government Policies. To return to an issue I…
Here’s (a somewhat abridged version of) this week’s newsletter from the Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, with the latest bioethics news, scholarship, opinion, and other announcements. Take a look!
Over at Concurring Opinions, Dave Hoffman (via TMZ), writes: Tagg Romney (son of Mitt) and his wife Jen entered into a surrogacy contract which contained a clause purporting to require the surrogate to abort on…
What do you think? Is queer bioethics a new academic discipline? If so, is it one we can hope not to need at some point in the future as tolerance increases, etc.?
By Scott Burris The concept of “overcriminalization” is gaining traction across the political spectrum. The Heritage Foundation, which has a website devoted to the phenomenon, defines it as “the trend in America – and particularly…
Over at The Hastings Center’s Bioethics Forum blog, there’s an interesting post from Rosana Triviño addressing the difference between conscientious refusal and civil disobedience, in relation to Spain’s new law limiting care for undocumented immigrants. This…
