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  • Read more: Raffles for IVF Access?

    Raffles for IVF Access?

    By Nir Eyal As the New York Times reports (quoting me on the ethics), some American IVF clinics are now running raffles where the prize is IVF services. The contests give clinics publicity and sometimes serve charitable causes. Are IVF raffles unethical? Should we ban them? Gambles and contests over the ability to have babies…

  • Read more: Infrastructural Law: The Lesser-Known Cousin

    Infrastructural Law: The Lesser-Known Cousin

    by Jennifer Ibrahim, PhD, MPH An article by Julia Costich, MPA, JD, PhD, and Dana Patton, PhD, in the October 2012 edition of the American Journal of Public Health reveals the tip of the iceberg on a highly discussed and yet insufficiently researched topic: the legal infrastructure. While the team reports a significant impact of…