This article documents the practice in Oregon of a medical malpractice insurance sponsored company, Cascadia, collecting placentas without explicit consent from women to use in defense of the insurer should a lawsuit arise. This is a real problem that could set back current efforts to expand biobanking. – Art Caplan
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