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Bioethics
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Health Law Prof Blog
Why Narratives Do (and Should) Matter in Bioethics
There is a fascinating recent decision from the Indian Supreme Court on the Shanbaug case, regarding a woman who has been in a persistent vegetative state (PVS) for over 37 years.…
Health Law Prof Blog
Why Narratives Do (and Should) Matter in Bioethics
There is a fascinating recent decision from the Indian Supreme Court on the Shanbaug case, regarding a woman who has been in a persistent vegetative state (PVS) for over 37…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Edward Fallone on Funding Stem Cell Research
Edward Fallone (Marquette University Law School) has posted Funding Stem Cell Research: The Convergence of Science, Religion & Politics in the Formation of Public Health Policy on SSRN. Here is…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Conference at The New School Will Address “The Body and the State”
The New School conference: The Body and the State: How the State Controls and Protects the Body:The Center for Public Scholarship presentsthe 23rd Social Research conference at The New School:February…
Health Law Prof Blog
Call for Papers: “The Role of Solidarity in Bioethics”
Guest Editors Patricia Illingworth and Wendy E. Parmet of Bioethics are pleased to announce a special issue in 2012 on the role of solidarity in bioethics. We invite submissions on all…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Pope Leads Vigil of Prayer for “Nascent Human Life”
YouTube: Pope: nascent life threatened by adults' selfishness: The Pope describes a human embryo as a "unique individual." But does an embryo have the same moral status as a person? Does…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Paul Lombardo on the History of Eugenics in the United States
Paul A. Lombardo (Georgia State University College of Law) has posted Introduction: Looking Back at Eugenics on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In 1907, Indiana passed the first involuntary sterilization…
Family Law Prof Blog
20-Year-Old Frozen Embryo Yields Baby
By Family Law
From My Fox New York:NewsCore - A healthy baby boy was born from an embryo frozen for almost 20 years in what was hailed Sunday as scientific breakthrough that could…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Polish Members of Parliament Face Excommunication if the Choose to Regulate IVF
BBC News: Polish MPs debate regulating IVF after Church 'threat': One archbishop has said Catholic MPs face excommunication if they opt to regulate in-vitro fertilisation in the country.The government says…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Nov. 2, 2010: London Conference on the Rise of Reproductive Technologies
University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies in association with The Guardian"Making Babies in the 21st Century: the Rise of Reproductive Technologies"18.45 - 20.15, Tuesday 2 November 2010Baroness Onora O'Neill…