June 17, 2019
(Science) – In a bold rejection of the widespread sentiment—and regulations in many countries—that no one should alter the genome of a human embryo and transfer it to a woman, Russian geneticist Denis Rebrikov last week went public with his … Read More
June 17, 2019
Journal of Genetic Counseling (vol. 27, no. 6, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Genetic Counselors’ Experience with and Opinions on the Management of Newborn Screening Incidental Carrier Findings” by Kristen Leppert et al. “Adopted Individuals’ Views … Read More
June 17, 2019
Journal of Medical Ethics (vol. 45, no. 2, 2019) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Should Clinicians Boycott Australian Immigration Detention?” by Ryan Essex “Advance Euthanasia Directives: A Controversial Case and Its Ethical Implications” by David Gibbes Miller, … Read More
June 17, 2019
Journal of Medical Ethics (vol. 44, no. 12, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Ethics Rounds: Affecting Ethics Quality at All Organisational Levels” by Dagmar Schmitz et al. “How to Read an Ethics Paper” by Melanie Jansen … Read More
June 14, 2019
(USA Today) – A small town in Texas has declared itself the state’s first “sanctuary city for the unborn” after its city council, made up solely of men, passed a resolution banning most abortion procedures. Waskom, Texas, has no abortion … Read More
June 13, 2019
(The Guardian) – The French government intends to end discrimination over women’s reproductive rights by lifting a ban that prevents single women and lesbian couples accessing medically-assisted procreation, the prime minister indicated in his state of the nation address. Currently … Read More
June 13, 2019
(Los Angeles Times) – States across the country are tightening regulations on abortion providers in the name of protecting women’s health. But a long-term study of women who sought abortions has found that those who ended their pregnancies reported slightly … Read More
June 12, 2019
(ABC News) – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed sweeping abortion protections into law on Wednesday, establishing women’s access to the procedure as a “fundamental right” and putting Illinois at odds with Republican-led states that have been embracing steep abortion restrictions. … Read More
June 12, 2019
(Nature) – A Russian scientist says he is planning to produce gene-edited babies, an act that would make him only the second person known to have done this. It would also fly in the face of the scientific consensus that … Read More
June 11, 2019
(TIME) – The press’ fascination with the science of ancestry began long before such DNA tests were available. In the 1920s, researchers began to explore the development of genealogical tests — research that, not coincidentally, occurred in an era of … Read More
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