September 19, 2019
(Quartz) – Imagine you are about to welcome your second child into the world, and everyone is expecting you to fail. Disappointingly, this decision wasn’t always welcomed with open arms. Questions like “How are you going to cope being pregnant?” … Read More
September 19, 2019
(Associated Press) – The number and rate of abortions across the United States have plunged to their lowest levels since the procedure became legal nationwide in 1973, according to new figures released Wednesday. The report from the Guttmacher Institute, a … Read More
September 19, 2019
Human Reproduction (vol. 34, no. 2, 2019) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “To Test or Not to Test? A Framework for Counselling Patients on Preimplantation Genetic Testing for Aneuploidy (PGT-A)” by Lauren A Murphy et al. “Recurrent … Read More
September 18, 2019
(Nature) – How a baby is born has a profound impact on their microbiome — the community of microbes that colonize the body. That’s the finding of the largest ever study of the newborn microbiome, which offers the strongest evidence … Read More
September 18, 2019
(CBS News) – For one of the last abortion doctors in Missouri, harassment, stalking and death threats are a part of regular life. But this year, it’s been worse than ever. Colleen McNicholas, the chief medical officer at Planned Parenthood … Read More
September 18, 2019
Ethics, Medicine, and Public Health (vol. 7, no. 1, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Xenotransplantation, Trust, and Trustworthiness: Ethical Issues for African Americans” by D. A. Hodge “Obesity as Disease: Metaphysical and Ethical Considerations” by A. … Read More
September 18, 2019
Developing World Bioethics (vol. 18, no. 4, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “The Patient?Worker: A Model for Human Research Subjects and Gestational Surrogates” by Emma Ryman and Katy Fulfer The Views of Ethics Committee Members and … Read More
September 17, 2019
(STAT News) – Amid last year’s backlash against the birth of the world’s first genetically edited babies, some experts preached prudence: Editing the genomes of embryos, they argued, could one day “cure” people of diseases before they’re even born. But … Read More
September 16, 2019
(Independent Journal Review) – More than 2,200 preserved fetal remains have been found on the Illinois property of a recently deceased doctor who performed abortions, the Will County sheriff’s office said in a statement. The family and attorney of Ulrich … Read More
September 16, 2019
Genetics in Medicine (vol. 20, no. 11, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: ““Insuring Patient Access and Affordability for Treatments for Rare and Ultrarare Diseases: A Policy Statement of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics … Read More
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