http://www.bioethics.net/rss/repromed.xml bioethics news everyday from bioethics.net/American Journal of Bioethics Copyright 2005 bioethics.net Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:49:04 EST http://www.bioethics.net/ http://www.bioethics.net/images/logo_frontpage_wht.gif 60 200 webmaster@bioethics.net newsupdate@bioethics.net en-us http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7339 A bioethics expert is suggesting that women rethink possible plans to donate their eggs to fertility clinics for research or use in pregnancy. Jennifer Lahl of the Center for Bioethics and Culture Network says egg donation is potentially harmful for women. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:49:04 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7335 A Philadelphia abortion doctor had his license temporarily suspended after a patient died in an allegedly botched abortion and a raid on his office turned up what the Pennsylvania Board of Medicine said was "blood on the floor and parts of aborted fetuses displayed in jars." Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:46:05 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7324 "Be fruitful and multiply," God instructed Adam and Eve, and men and women have heeded those words ever since. But over the years, God's creatures have become sophisticated enough to rewrite the rules of being fruitful, and most of the new rules don't sit well with leaders of the Roman Catholic Church. Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:11:54 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7319 "Be fruitful," God instructed Adam and Eve, "and multiply." They were the first words God spoke to his creation, and his creation has heeded them ever since. But over the years, God's creation has become sophisticated enough to rewrite the original rules of being fruitful, and most of the new rules don't sit well with leaders of the Roman Catholic Church. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:15:25 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7283 The case of a pregnant Florida woman hospitalized against her will is raising a legal, ethical and medical storm around this issue: Can a doctor's order to quit smoking and rest in bed trump a woman's right to control her own body? Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:34:22 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7279 Often one reads about historical failures in medical ethics, such as the Tuskegee Syphilis Study or the forced sterilization of Carrie Buck, and one reflects with relief that healthcare has progressed in our society to the point where such abuses are no longer possible. Then one stumbles upon an occasional systemic failure so grievous, such as the amputation of a patient's wrong leg, that it nearly defies credibility, and reminds us that we are still vulnerable to medical exploitation and misconduct. If the facts as alleged in the media and court filings prove accurate, then the treatment of a pregnant Tallahassee mother, Samantha Burton, by her obstetrician, Jana Bures-Forsthoefel, may well rank among the most egregious abuses perpetrated against a patient by her caregiver since the triumph of the patients' rights movement in the 1970s. Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:32:49 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7276 It would be disgraceful bioethics for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to recommend circumcision for U.S. infants based on African studies ["Circumcision may receive new support," Health, Jan. 19]. Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:52:23 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7274 For couples trying to have a baby, the No. 1 question that can be answered with a simple test is, Am I pregnant? No. 2 may soon be, Is it a boy or a girl? Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:19:30 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7269 Senior fertility doctors rejected calls for a ban on women over 50 receiving fertility treatment at British clinics after it emerged that a 59-year-old woman was in the process of trying to obtain IVF at the London Women’s Clinic in Harley Street. Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:37:21 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7266 Four years ago, Donald Robinson Hollingsworth and Sean Hollingsworth, a gay couple living in New Jersey, set in motion their plan to become first-time parents. Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:13:24 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7258 Children conceived from donor sperm during the fertility-industry boom of the 1980s are now becoming adults, and many of them believe they have a basic right to know their genetic heritage. In Canada, as in many other countries, sperm donors are anonymous. But some countries have changed that policy. Debate remains, however, about which rights are more important: the donor’s right to privacy or the offspring’s right to full identity. Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:35:32 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7241 If you want to know what really goes on behind the closed doors of Planned Parenthood, Google "Live Action" and click on the Planned Parenthood Appleton clinic. It's clear nothing has changed in the 35 years since I visited Planned Parenthood. Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:31:41 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7237 Irish scientists who want to work with human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) got a boost from Ireland's Supreme Court today, which ruled that human embryos outside the womb are not "unborn," and therefore are not protected under the country's constitution. The case before the court, in which a woman wanted to implant frozen embryos against the wishes of her estranged husband, does not directly involve stem cell research. "It's not a green light" for hESC research, says Siobhán O'Sullivan, director of the Irish Council for Bioethics. However, she says the ruling means "that certainly hES cell research is not banned in Ireland." Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:23:35 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7227 The fertility watchdog is to discuss more generous compensation to egg and sperm donors as a means of tackling the severe shortage of supplies for those desperate for a baby. Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:33:47 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7219 The number of baby boys conceived by a fertility treatment known as ICSI may be lower than what is produced by Mother Nature, a new study suggests. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:54:55 EST