02/20/2019
Savior Siblings for a “Noble Cause”
STUDENT VOICES By Elizabeth Andersen Originally named ‘medicine babies,’ savior babies have been a more recent discovery in the medical world, presenting families with a quick fix to dealing with terminally ill children. In 2015, the Journal of Medical Ethics wrote a piece on ‘Savior Siblings’ and the ethical implications that arise when considered as […]
STUDENT VOICES By Emma Wonsil “White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization — how did that language become offensive?” – Iowa Congressman Steve King When the New York Times interview that contained King’s quote broke, employees of NBC News received an email from their standards department. In it, they advised staff to avoid using the word […]
The Fordham HIV and Drug Abuse Prevention Research Ethics Training Institute (RETI), now in its eighth year, is a training grant sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Each year, early career investigators across various fields receive research ethics training under principal investigator Dr. Celia Fisher. RETI fellows also conduct studies focused on ethical issues […]
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The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill proposed to relocate a statue known as “Silent Sam” to a new University History and Education Center. The statue was originally dedicated in 1913 to honor students who died fighting for the Confederacy and became a “lighting rod” for protests in the year following the Charlottesville riots. It […]
According to the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s August report, over 300 Catholic priests there sexually abused children over seven decades while the Catholic Church continued to protect its clergy. Instances such as this prompted the topic of panelists at the What Happened? Why? What Now? Clergy Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church lecture on Monday, October […]
Politics With Migrant Caravan, Trump Stokes a Familiar Fire: Immigration “Barely two weeks away from an election that threatens to sweep Republicans from power in the House of Representatives and dash any lingering hope of conservative immigration reform, the party, led by President Trump, is leaning more aggressively into dark portrayals of undocumented immigrants in […]
STUDENT VOICES By Randy Mehan When it comes to immigration, everyone has an opinion. But how do ethics factor in? This is what Fr. Thomas Massaro, S.J. addressed during a talk entitled “How Catholic Teaching on Migrants and Refugees Provides Guidance on the Wayward Policies of the U.S.” at the Fordham University Rose Hill […]
Politics Everything on Brett Kavanaugh and the F.B.I. Investigation “Around 2:30 a.m., the White House said in a statement it had received the F.B.I.’s investigation, which was “being transmitted to the Senate” as well. The statement expressed confidence the completed inquiry would not stand in the way of Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation. On Wednesday, Senator Mitch […]
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