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Bioethics
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Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Jan Deckers on Embryos and Personhood
Jan Deckers (Institute of Health and Society at Newcastle University) has posted Why Eberl is Wrong: Reflections on the Begining of Personhood, Bioethics, Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 270-282 (June…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Congress plans to send Bush measure easing restrictions on stem cell research
Via the Associated Press:Congress intends to send President Bush legislation next week to ease restrictions on federally funded embryonic stem cell research, inviting his second veto in as many years…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Peter Singer: “Treating (or Not) the Tiniest Babies”
The controversial Peter Singer contributes a not-very-controversial op-ed to the current issue of Free Inquiry (published by the Council for Secular Humanism). Singer contrasts the attitudes of Australian health care…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
The “Big Donor Show” or Who Gets Lisa’s Kidney?
On Friday, June 1, 2007, television history will be made in The Netherlands when three patients desperately in need of a kidney transplant will attempt to convince a living donor…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
New test promises to reveal sex of fetus 6 weeks into pregnancy
Maria Cheng of the Associated Press reports:A new test dubbed “Pink or Blue” promises to tell parents the sex of their fetus just six weeks into pregnancy, but critics question…
PropertyProf Blog
Korobkin on Buying and Selling Human Tissues
By propertyprof
Russell B. Korobkin (UCLA) has posted Buying and Selling Human Tissues for Stem Cell Research on SSRN. Here's the abstract: A series of expert committee reports and legislative proposals suggest…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Is It Murder to Kill an Embryo? UK Woman Loses Legal Battle to Save Frozen Embryos; Michael Sandel on “Embryo Ethics”
BBC News reports that a UK woman, left infertile after treatment for ovarian cancer, has lost her final appeal in her legal battle against her ex-partner to save the couple's…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
The incredible, sellable egg
From Sunday's Chicago Tribune:With its row of nubile women, the eye-catching ad on CTA buses and trains could easily be mistaken for promoting an upscale dating Web site.While the Chicago-based…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Compensation for Egg Donation
Kaiser story:AP/Boston Globe Examines Increased Demand, Compensation for Egg Donors in U.S.http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/women/articles/2007/02/19/increase_in_egg_donors_raises_concerns/?page=1Why is there no discussion of, or comparison with, sperm donation by men? Two differences: less risk to men…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Post-Mortem Sperm Removal Under Jewish Law
Dr. Mordechai Halperin has posted a thoughtful discussion entitled Post-Mortem Sperm Retrieval.Here is the doctor's conclusion:The default position in Jewish law is permissibility, not prohibition. Post-mortem sperm retrieval's permissibility depends…