February 11, 2025
(New York Times) – The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, a multibillion-dollar global health initiative started under President George W. Bush, has brought hope to H.I.V.-positive mothers across Africa, and put the end of AIDS within reach. Through H.I.V./AIDS … Read More
February 11, 2025
(STAT News) – Attorneys general representing 22 states sued the Trump administration on Monday, asking a federal judge to temporarily block a major policy change by the National Institutes of Health that would substantially limit payments for research overhead to … Read More
February 10, 2025
Journal of Medical Ethics (vol. 51, no. 2, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
February 7, 2025
(BBC) – Two couples have told the BBC they went through with abortions after an NHS trust mistakenly told them their unborn babies had serious genetic conditions. They say errors by doctors at the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust led … Read More
February 7, 2025
(The Hill) – Users who search for abortion information on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) website are now directed to try searching for the word “adoption.” The change comes less than a week after more than a … Read More
February 7, 2025
(Daily Mail) – Around 100 women were kept as slaves on a human egg farm in Georgia where they were fed hormones and treated like cattle. Their horrifying ordeal has been revealed by three Thai women who were freed from … Read More
February 6, 2025
(Axios) – The mortality rate for Black mothers in the U.S. has not improved, per data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Why it matters: The pregnancy-related death rate for Black women is more than three … Read More
February 3, 2025
(The Advocate) – A West Baton Rouge Parish grand jury indicted a New York doctor Friday for allegedly prescribing an abortion pill online to a minor teenage girl in Port Allen and the girl’s mother for coercing her to take … Read More
January 30, 2025
(Bloomberg) – Egg donation comes with health risks. Women are unable to learn which clinics have the fewest adverse outcomes. For women in the US seeking fertility treatment or considering donating their eggs, there’s a fair amount of information they … Read More
January 30, 2025
(KFF Health News) – The ads feature high-wattage celebrities such as Jennifer Lopez as well as lesser-known influencers who are paid four figures to post a snapshot or short video to Instagram, according to interviews with marketers. Three publicly traded … Read More
January 30, 2025
(The Guardian) – Tiny plastic pollution more than 50% higher in placentas from preterm births than in those from full-term births A study has found microplastic and nanoplastic pollution to be significantly higher in placentas from premature births than in … Read More
January 28, 2025
(The New Atlantis) – From cradle to grave, surrogacy to smartphones to gender surgery to euthanasia, Americans are using technology to shortcut human nature — and shortchange ourselves. Here is a new agenda for turning technology away from hacking humans … Read More
January 27, 2025
(The Atlantic) – Many people who continue with IVF feel that, if they want a child, they have no other choice. “Right now our treatment options are pretty binary,” Pietro Bortoletto, the director of reproductive surgery and a co-director of … Read More
January 27, 2025
(The Conversation) – Globally, mothers are having fewer children. Yet despite this latest observed decline in birth rates, the number of twins and triplets being born today is higher than ever before. This is the first time this has ever … Read More
January 27, 2025
(The Guardian) – Exclusive: In-vitro gametes are viewed as the holy grail of fertility research Mass-producing eggs and sperm in a laboratory in order to have a baby with yourself or three other people in a “multiplex” parenting arrangement might … Read More
January 24, 2025
(New York Times) – Some posts related to obtaining abortion pills were recently hidden on Instagram and Facebook and some accounts were suspended, before being later restored. Instagram and Facebook have recently blurred, blocked or removed posts from two abortion … Read More
January 24, 2025
(Optimist Daily) – In a nation known for its relentless work ethic, Tokyo is making waves by introducing a four-day workweek for government employees starting this April. It’s a move aimed at tackling Japan’s record-low fertility rates while promoting better … Read More
January 23, 2025
(The Atlantic) – Now a preliminary study suggests that using another drug in place of mifepristone may be just as effective for terminating an early pregnancy. The drug, called ulipristal acetate and sold as a 30-milligram pill under the brand … Read More
January 22, 2025
(NPR) – A site the Biden administration launched after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ReproductiveRights[dot]gov, is now a broken link. (An archived version of the site is still viewable through the Internet Archive.) These changes to the information … Read More
January 21, 2025
(Associated Press) – Vermont’s child welfare agency relied on baseless allegations about a pregnant woman’s mental health to secretly investigate her and win custody of her daughter before the baby was born, according to a lawsuit that alleges the state … Read More
January 20, 2025
(NPR) – Cecile Richards, a prominent advocate for women’s rights and other progressive causes, died Monday. In a statement, her family confirmed her death, saying she passed away at home, “surrounded by family and her ever-loyal dog, Ollie.” (Read More)
January 17, 2025
(Politico) – Risch said in a statement that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has disclosed that funds from the $5 billion program that helps developing countries combat HIV and AIDS were used to pay health workers who performed … Read More
January 17, 2025
(The Walrus) – Better screening is only a small piece of the puzzle A 2022 study found that, in addition to people having more Westernized diets over the past three decades, today’s adults were exposed to other risk factors—such as … Read More
January 15, 2025
(The Atlantic) – Thanks to more sophisticated genetic-testing techniques, IVF—an expensive, invasive treatment originally developed to help people with fertility troubles—is becoming a tool for optimizing health. A handful of companies offer screening for diseases and disorders that range from … Read More
January 15, 2025
(Washington Post via MSN) – Research shows a significant increase in vasectomies and tubal ligations in the months just before and after the Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the 2022 decision that ended a constitutional … Read More
