What the Law and Bioethics Tell Us About Synthetic Human Embryos
A synthetic embryo can now be constructed without an egg or sperm. This throws a moral monkey-wrench into current restrictions on embryonic research.
Reproduction & Family
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Read more: Why We Still Need a Day for Global Action to Decriminalize Abortion in Latin America Why We Still Need a Day for Global Action to Decriminalize Abortion in Latin America
The September 28th Campaign in favor of decriminalizing abortion in Latin America remains painfully relevant over thirty years after its inception.
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Read more: How Comparative Law Can Counter Threats to the ‘Most Successful Global Health Program in Modern History’ How Comparative Law Can Counter Threats to the ‘Most Successful Global Health Program in Modern History’
Illegitimate concerns should not get in the way of renewing life-saving HIV/AIDS funding for years to come.
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Read more: Sex Equality in #SeptiembreVerde: Examining the Mexican Supreme Court’s Abortion Decriminalization Decision Sex Equality in #SeptiembreVerde: Examining the Mexican Supreme Court’s Abortion Decriminalization Decision
Earlier this month, Mexico’s Supreme Court issued a ruling decriminalizing abortion nationwide. This article explains what the decision holds.
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Read more: Gender-Affirming Care, Abortion, and the Politics of Science: A Response to Wuest’s ‘Born this Way’ Gender-Affirming Care, Abortion, and the Politics of Science: A Response to Wuest’s ‘Born this Way’
Wuest highlights the contingency of scientific claims not only in LGBTQ+ advocacy but also in legal advocacy for and against abortion access.
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Read more: Biological Determinism, Scientific Uncertainty, and Reproductive Rights Biological Determinism, Scientific Uncertainty, and Reproductive Rights
As often as scientific evidence has advanced reproductive rights, abortion foes have used claims about scientific uncertainty to justify new restrictions.
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Read more: “Born This Way,” LGBTQ+ Rights, and the Politics of Uncertainty “Born This Way,” LGBTQ+ Rights, and the Politics of Uncertainty
This symposium reveals uncertainty’s relevance to abortion access, the legality of gender-affirming care, intersex rights, and child custody disputes.
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Read more: Why Must Abortion Providers Needlessly Travel to Texas? Why Must Abortion Providers Needlessly Travel to Texas?
The practitioners most likely to provide abortion services are being asked to travel to a state with a legal regimen that is particularly hostile to them.
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Read more: 303 Creative, Transgender Rights, and the Ongoing Culture Wars 303 Creative, Transgender Rights, and the Ongoing Culture Wars
Courts must investigate alleged government justifications to avoid rubber-stamping restrictions that do nothing but harm.
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Read more: Meet Susannah Baruch: Q&A with the Petrie-Flom Center’s New Executive Director Meet Susannah Baruch: Q&A with the Petrie-Flom Center’s New Executive Director
The Petrie-Flom Center’s new Executive Director, Susannah Baruch, shares about herself and her past work.
