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Bioethics
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Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Vatican Now Defends Nine-Year-Old Rape Victim’s Abortion
Wash. Post: Vatican Official Defends Child's Abortion, by Francis X. Rocca: The Vatican's top bioethics official said the twoBrazilian doctors who performed an abortion on a 9-year-old rape victimdo not…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Judith Daar on Embryonic Genetics
Judith F. Daar (Whittier Law School) has posted Embryonic Genetics on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Recentdiscoveries in the world of reproductive medicine allow prospectiveparents to peer into the genetic…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Peter Steinfels and William Saletan on Stem Cell Research
Peter Steinfels' "Beliefs" column in yesterday's New York Times laments the absence of "moral argument" in the debate over stem cell research. Steinfels suggests that there are important moral questions…
The Right Coast
Morally unserious Obama Tom Smith
Krauthammer on Obama's human stem cell research announcement (read the whole thing):I am not religious. I do not believe that personhood is conferred upon conception. But I also do not…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
President Obama Expected To Lift Restrictions On Federally Funded Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Reuters: U.S. stem cell announcement only a first step, by Maggie Fox:Researchers and advocates have been invited to a White house ceremony on Monday at which President Barack Obamais expected…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Fertility Institute Retracts “Designer Baby” Pitch
Triage (Chicago Tribune): Designer baby plan nixed for now by fertility clinic, by Judith Graham:The fertility clinic operator who grabbed headlineswith his promise to help parents create “designer babies” has…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Practices at Fertility Institute Raise Ethical Questions About “Designer Babies”
CBS News: "Designer Babies" Ethical?: For years, reproductive specialists have been helping people become parents, even enabling them to choose the sex of their baby. One fertility doctor is taking…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Barnard Scholarship and Feminist Conference
Barnard Center for Research on Women: The Politics of Reproduction: New Technologies of LifeIncreased demand for assisted reproductive technology (ART) andtransnational adoption has been propelled by a number of factors,including…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Glenn Cohen on the Use of ART To Create Disabled Children
I. Glenn Cohen has posted Intentional Diminishment, the Non-Identity Problem, and Legal Liability on SSRN. The article has been published as part of a symposium by the Hastings Law Journal.…
Family Law Prof Blog
British conference on Family Law/Bioethics
By Family Law
CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENTThe Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008: New Directions in Biolaw and BioethicsA CentreLGS Workshop on Monday 30 March 2009 @ Keele UniversityConfirmed speakers include:Emily Jackson, London School of…