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Bioethics
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Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Op-Ed Piece on the Incongruences between Adoption and Commerical Reproduction
NY Times (Op-Ed): The Birds and the Bees (via the Fertility Clinic), by Ross Douthat:If you want to adopt a child in the United States, you’ll face an array of…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Martha Ertman on the Benefits of Commercial Reproduction
Martha M. Ertman (University of Maryland Law School) has posted The Upside of Baby Markets on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Few think there is an upside to baby markets. This chapter…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Egg Donor Compensation Raises Ethical Issues
NY Times: Payment Offers to Egg Donors Prompt Scrutiny, by David Tuller: . . . Demand for human ova has been growing in recent years, fueled by infertility treatments and…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
American Academy of Pediatrics Considers Ceremonial “Nick” as Compromise to Female Genital Mutilation
NY Times: Group Backs Ritual ‘Nick’ as Female Circumcision Option, by Pan Belluck:In a controversial change to a longstanding policy concerning the practice of female circumcision in some African and…
The Faculty Lounge
The Value of Smart Eggs
A few weeks ago, Aaron D. Levine (Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology) visited my Taboo Trades and Forbidden Markets seminar in advance of the release of his Hastings Center…
Family Law Prof Blog
Egg Donors and SAT Scores
By Family Law
A new report brings to light interesting data on parents' willingness to genetically trait select in the egg donation process. Would people shell out big bucks for offspring with preferred traits?…
Health Industry Washington Watch
Establishment of Presidential Commission on Bioethical Issues
On March 31, 2010, HHS published a notice announcing the establishment of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, as directed by Executive Order 13521. The Commission is…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
SAT Scores and Other Desired Traits Determine Price of a Woman’s Eggs
Slate Magazine: The Egg Market, by William Saletan:What determines the price of a woman's eggs? SAT scores.. . . A market in lucrative traits is developing. Wealthy people are buying…
The Faculty Lounge
Extreme Outsourcing
Somehow, despite my interest in outsourcing and labor value arbitrage, I seem to have missed this story last year. But a student (thanks, Bo!) sent me this link to the…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Virginia Clinic Sparks Controversy by Offering Free IVF and Eggs at London Seminar
Wash. Post: London seminar offering free IVF from Virginia clinic sparks controversy, by Rob Stein: A Virginia infertility clinic sparked an international ethicalcontroversy Wednesday by sponsoring a seminar in London…