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Bioethics
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Law Web
When the Person Dies Before the Cells: Somatic and Molecular Death in Medical Jurisprudence
By Law Web
Why the law fixes a moment of death, while biology unfolds it as a processThe central distinctionDeath is spoken of in court as a definite event: a person was alive…
Journal of Medical Ethics Blog
Whose permission counts? Rethinking abortion access through the lens of authorization
By Owenschaefer
By Shizuko Takahashi A law permits abortion. A court has ruled, or a legislature has voted. Legality appears settled. But for the pregnant person in front of a clinician, legality…
C | M | Law Library Blog
Law Library Health Law & Policy Research Guide
By Laura Ray
The CSU|LAW Library Center for Health Law & Policy Guide provides information on, and links to, scores of resources concerning general health law, bioethics, Medicare/Medicaid law, and public health law. …
Bill Madden's Blog
Conference: Assisted dying & other end of life care.
By Bill Madden
This year the Australian Centre for Health Law Research (QUT Law, Brisbane) is hosting ICEL5, an International Conference on Assisted Dying and Other End of Life Care. The conference starts…
Jus Corpus Law Journal Blogs
REWRITING LIFE: THE BIOETHICAL AND LEGAL BATTLES OVER GENE EDITING
By JusCorpus
INTRODUCTION Human gene editing has transitioned from a theoretical possibility to one of the most controversial frontiers in modern science. The emergence of CRISPR-Cas9, a powerful gene-editing technology capable of…
Jus Corpus Law Journal Blogs
REGULATING NEURAL IMPLANTS AND BRAIN DATA: THE EMERGING NEED FOR NEURO-RIGHTS IN INDIA
By JusCorpus
INTRODUCTIONImagine being able to use your mind to control computers, restore damaged limbs, or even improve your concentration and memory. We’re already on the way, no matter how futuristic that…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
What It Really Means to Choose Life
Canada’s expanding Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) program and new advances in embryo genetic testing raise the same troubling question: how do we decide whose lives are worth living?In Canada,…
The Faculty Lounge
Donor Organs Are Too Rare. We Need a New Definition of Death.
That’s the title of this recent OpEd in the New York Times by Sandeep Jauhar Snehal Patel and Deane Smith. People die in many ways, but in medicine there are…
The Faculty Lounge
Silicon Valley Wants to Optimize Your Children’s Genes. Should You Let Them?
That’s the theme of this provocative discussion between conservative columnist Ross Douthat and Noor Siddiqui, founder of Orchid, a company that promises parents the ability to protect their future children…
The Faculty Lounge
Organ Donation On The Taboo Trades Podcast II
Welcome to part II of a series of posts highlighting discussions of organ donation on the Taboo Trades podcast. So far, I’ve discussed Imminent Death Donation and The Political Economy…