July 3, 2025
(NBC News) – The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday formally struck down an abortion ban from 1849 that had technically retaken effect after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned federal abortion rights. In a 4-3 decision that came down along ideological … Read More
July 3, 2025
(ProPublica) – Before states banned abortion, one of the gravest outcomes of early miscarriage could easily be avoided: Doctors could offer a dilation and curettage procedure, which quickly empties the uterus and allows it to close, protecting against a life-threatening … Read More
June 27, 2025
(Washington Post) – The Columbia University Fertility Center used AI to find viable sperm in an infertile man, offering new hope of biological parenthood for those experiencing severe male infertility. After 18 years of infertility, a couple could finally have … Read More
June 27, 2025
(Axios) – The Supreme Court on Thursday curtailed low-income patients’ rights to chose their health providers while giving conservative-led states a bigger opening to exclude Planned Parenthood affiliates from their Medicaid programs. The big picture: The 6-3 decision by the … Read More
June 26, 2025
(New York Times) – The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Planned Parenthood and one of its patients may not sue South Carolina over its effort to deny funding to Planned Parenthood, reasoning that the relevant federal statute does not … Read More
June 25, 2025
(KFF Health News) – California lawmakers are poised to delay the state’s much-ballyhooed new law mandating in vitro fertilization insurance coverage for millions, set to take effect July 1. Gov. Gavin Newsom has asked lawmakers to push the implementation date … Read More
June 25, 2025
(The Atlantic) – To be clear, Smith, as a brain-dead patient, was legally and medically deceased, so precepts about doing good and avoiding harm would not have applied to her, at least clinically speaking. But the ethical principle of autonomy … Read More
June 25, 2025
(Mother Jones) – They were targeted for substance use, miscarriages, and stillbirths, largely driven by fetal personhood laws. The Dobbs decision didn’t just unleash a raft of laws restricting and banning abortion—it also seems to have made authorities more skeptical … Read More
June 25, 2025
(Newsweek) – Genetic disease is believed to be linked to 41 percent of U.S. infants’ deaths, and more than 2 million children in the country have a genetic condition. U.S.-based Nucleus is offering people having IVF the chance to select … Read More
June 24, 2025
(Gizmodo) – In late May, several scientific organizations, including the International Society for Cell and Gene Therapy (ISCT), banded together to call for a 10-year moratorium on using CRISPR and related technologies to pursue human heritable germline editing. The declaration … Read More
June 24, 2025
(NBC News) – The National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA), a group that provides legal support and medical training for crisis pregnancy centers, advised members at a meeting earlier this year to proceed with caution when giving an … Read More
June 24, 2025
(ABC News) – The number of abortions in the U.S. rose again in 2024, with women continuing to find ways to get them despite bans and restrictions in many states, according to a report out Monday. The latest report from … Read More
June 24, 2025
(NPR) – When the Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade in 2022, the ruling didn’t just eliminate the federal right to abortion; it also ushered in “a generational change in the way that people approach sex,” journalist Carter Sherman says. … Read More
June 23, 2025
(The 19th) – Doctors are pushing for laws in several states that would make it harder to detect who prescribed abortion pills. They say it would protect them from out-of-state prosecutions. Out-of-state doctors are pushing for laws that will make … Read More
June 20, 2025
(Gizmodo) – Why does the Telegram executive have such a big family? Due to his relationships with three separate women, Durov says he is the “official father” of six children. However, because of his ongoing sperm donations to a Russian … Read More
June 18, 2025
(AP) – The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, a jolting setback to transgender rights. The justices’ 6-3 decision in a case from Tennessee effectively protects from legal challenges many efforts by President … Read More
June 17, 2025
(Associated Press) – The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear from a faith-based pregnancy center in New Jersey challenging a state investigation into whether it misled people into thinking its services included referrals for abortion. The justices agreed to … Read More
June 17, 2025
(NBC News) – The baby of Adriana Smith, a brain-dead pregnant woman who was being kept alive by ventilators under Georgia’s abortion law, was delivered Friday, her family said. Her mother, April Newkirk, told NBC affiliate WXIA-TV of Atlanta that … Read More
June 16, 2025
(Australia Broadcasting Corp.) – IVF activists are calling for an urgent meeting with the federal health minister, and are suggesting children born through assisted reproduction should be DNA tested. It comes after the latest embryo mix-up this week, involving Monash … Read More
June 16, 2025
(BBC) – How do sperm swim? How do they navigate? What is sperm made of? What does a World War Two codebreaker have to do with it all? The BBC untangles why we know so little about this mysterious cell. … Read More
June 16, 2025
(The Hill) – The average age of first-time mothers in the U.S. has risen to almost 30, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). New data published in a National Vitals and Statistics … Read More
June 16, 2025
Journal of Medical Ethics (vol. 51, no. 6, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
June 11, 2025
(UPI) – A suspected link between childhood trauma and the risk of developing endometriosis in later life was strengthened Wednesday with the publication of study that showed a greater chance of the condition among women with histories of difficult childhoods. … Read More
June 10, 2025
(UNFPA) – Millions of people around the world are unable to have the number of children they want – whether they want more, fewer, or none at all. Recently, fertility declines are making headlines, with women all too often blamed … Read More
June 10, 2025
(New York Times) – A nurse practitioner spoke on the phone with patients in states with abortion bans, assessed their medical eligibility and sent pills. She took some unconventional steps to protect their privacy. Ms. Lynch is one of about … Read More
