By I. Glenn Cohen 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…
By The Petrie-Flom Center 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!
By I. Glenn Cohen 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…
By Holly Fernandez Lynch 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,…
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…
By Holly Fernandez Lynch 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…
by Jonathan J. Darrow A research study reported today in the New England Journal of Medicine found that physicians are able to discriminate between clinical trials with high levels of rigor versus those with low…
By Nadia N. Sawicki New York Law School’s Justice Action Center is hosting a symposium on elder law on Friday, November 16, titled “Freedom of Choice at the End of Life: Patients’ Rights in a Shifting…
By Katie Booth New York City’s Board of Health has recently approved a ban on all sugar-sweetened drinks over sixteen ounces sold in restaurants, fast food chains, movie theaters, sports stadiums and food carts (with some exceptions). The…
By Cansu Canca A recent New York Times article drew attention to an issue with increasing importance as technology develops. Gene samples collected under conditions of anonymity reveal more and more information that may be…
