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Bioethics
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Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
New Federal Medical Refusal Rule Would Reach Beyond Abortion
LA Times: Broader medical refusal rule may go far beyond abortion, by David Savage: Reporting from Washington -- The outgoing Bush administration is planning to announce a broad new "right…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Supporters of Stem Cell Research Buoyed by Obama’s Election
MSNBC Commentary: Obama election signals change in stem cell fight, by Arthur Caplan:‘Change’ was the horse that Barack Obama’s presidential campaign rodeto victory. Indeed the 2008 election will be remembered…
PrawfsBlawg
“Freedom of Memory Today”
Main Monday, September 29, 2008"Freedom of Memory Today"Someday, we may be able to pharmaceutically dampen or erase traumatic memories from the recent past. Such technologies raise many interesting legal and…
Elder Law Prof Blog
Professor Kenny Heglund:: End of life conversations video now online
A new video on intensive care,hospice and the value of candid family conversations is availableonline. It will be part of a continuing series on elder law topicsdesigned for the general…
International Law Prof Blog
Call for Papers – Annals of Health Law
The Annals of Health Law Editorial Board is seeking submissions for the Winter 2009 issue. Annals of Health Law is the Health Policy and Law Review of Loyola University Chicago…
D.C. Medical Malpractice Blog
Guinea-Pigging: Drug Safety Trial Testing for a Living?
Guinea-Pigging, a drug safety-testing method increasingly used by pharmaceuticals, was recently reviewed by bioethicis professor Carl Elliott. His article discusses the trend of participating in drug trials and testing and…
The Right Coast
Designer babies Tom Smith
In the UK, where else, they're working on designer babies, sort of. (If they're so smart, you'd think they'd be able to come up with a way to monetize information…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Katharine Wright on Competing Interests Arising out of IVF Treatment
Katharine Wright (Nuffield Council on Bioethics) has posted Competing Interests in Reproduction: The Case of Natallie Evans on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Under the Human Fertilisation andEmbryology Act 1990,…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Pope’s U.N. Remarks Appear to Denounce Stem Cell Research
Daily Women's Health Policy Report: Pope at U.N. Speaks Against Science That He Says Violates 'Order of Creation':Pope Benedict XVI on Friday at the United Nations General Assemblyspoke against technology…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
UK: Catholic Church Outraged Over Gordon Brown’s Stem Cell Bill
Telegraph.co.UK: Embryo Bill sparks Labour row with church, by Andrew Porter and Caroline Gammell:The row over the Government's flagship Embryology Bill threatened to escalate into one of the most serious…