Illinois has enacted a new law (SB 182) that directs the state Department of Public Health to do a feasibility study regarding the creation of a registry of advance directives and POLST forms. The new law also provides for creation of advance directives in an electronic format.
#Bioethics News: This week in @NBCNews an Ohio family using a home DNA test found their 25-year-old daughter conceived via IVF is not related to her father, causing them to file a lawsuit against a hospital and two fertility practices. #EthicalDilemma https://t.co/MJCU4x58Tx
#Bioethics News: The dilemma over what to do with embryos cast aside, and who should assume ownership of them, is a thorny one. Now, our nation's fertility clinics are struggling with a growing number of abandoned embryos... https://t.co/ZjbYfoR8CO
#Bioethics News: Few want to think about their own deaths. And forms rarely capture the complexity of real-life medical decision-making. But there are ways to tackle these and other roadblocks... And it starts with an #AdvancedDirective https://t.co/H1jNqEeQAr
#Bioethics News: Despite what many conspiracy theorists may say, #LymeDisease is not an escaped military bioweapon — and despite its ability to be weaponized, experts claim it would make a poor choice. See more at @washingtonpost https://t.co/wgpNTaIui1
#Bioethics News: More than two months after the FDA approved an expensive new gene therapy drug for a rare disease in children, the agency said it has major questions about the accuracy of some of the testing data. https://t.co/4ZSEZe8Puj
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