Should Bioethics Commissions Have More Authority?

August 5, 2009

President Obama is expected to name a new national bioethics commission in the coming months, continuing the legacy of more than 30 (almost uninterrupted) years of advice to the chief executive and Congress on key life science issues by various bioethics advisory committees. The “interruptions” have been few, but some gaps were more noticeable than others. (Bioethics Forum)