Hot Topics: Reproductive Medicine

Blog Posts (24)

May 9, 2013

Magical NC Bill Builds Obstacles to Teen Health

Craig Klugman, Ph.D.

If you’re a teen in North Carolina, a new bill before the legislature may make it more difficult for you to get sexually transmitted disease testing and treatment, mental health counseling, pregnancy care or even substance abuse treatment.…

May 6, 2013

“Donor Dad” or “Gene”? The Language of False Hopes and False Expectations

Nanette Elster, JD, MPH

With Mother’s Day rapidly approaching, I can’t help but reflect upon my own journey to motherhood, which began as a solo endeavor with an anonymous sperm donor due to an infertility diagnosis at 30.  This time of year always makes me a bit reflective about what titles like mom and dad, mother and father actually mean.  I often hear about “biological dads,” “real father,” etc., and this makes my head spin.…

May 3, 2013

Check out AJOB's newest publication 13(5)!

Editorial

Military Doctors and Deaths by Torture: When a Witness Becomes an Accessory
Steven H. Miles

Target Articles

Ban the Sunset?…

March 18, 2013

Check out AJOB Volume 13 Issue 3!!!

In this issue:

TESTICULAR CRYOPRESERVATION FROM CHILDREN

END OF LIFE DECISION MAKING FOR PATIENTS WHO HAVE
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE…

February 23, 2013

Check out February's issue of AJOB!

DO RESEARCHERS HAVE A DUTY TO LOOK FOR GENETIC INCIDENTAL FINDINGS?
UPDATE TO THE ETHICS CONSULTATION CORE COMPETENCIES…
January 28, 2013

The True Immoral Acts Behind The First “Test Tube Baby”

The first test tube baby was born July 25th, 1978 in the north of England.  Louise Brown was called the “baby of the century” by some and a “moral abomination” by others.  It wasn’t Brown who critics accused of being immoral, of course.  S...
January 11, 2013

Donors Beware

Craig Klugman, Ph.D.

A man answers an on-line ad to assist a same-sex female couple in a committed relationship who want to have a child.…

June 15, 2012

AJOB's July Issue Online Now with Free Content!

We are happy to share that AJOB’s July issue (a few weeks ahead of schedule) is now available online on bioethics.net and here.…

June 5, 2012

CDC Creates National Plan for Infertility. Comments?

Today the CDC’s Division on Reproductive Health announced a draft version of a white paper entitled “A National Public Health Action Plan for the Detection, Prevention, and Management of Infertility” is now available for comment.…

April 10, 2012

Octomom: "I Goofed."

According to LifeNews.com, Nadya Suleman admits that she made a mistake by undergoing an IVF procedure that resulted in the conception and birth of 8 children at once.…

View More Blog Entries

Published Articles (16)

American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 13 Issue 5 - May 2013

The Right to Know Your Genetic Parents: From Open-Identity Gamete Donation to Routine Paternity Testing An Ravelingien & Guido Pennings

American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 13 Issue 3 - Mar 2013

Expanding Access to Testicular Tissue Cryopreservation: An Analysis by Analogy Tuua Ruutiainen, Steve Miller, Arthur Caplan & Jill P. Ginsberg

American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 12 Issue 7 - Jul 2012

On the Cutting Edge: Ethical Responsiveness to Cesarean Rates Sylvia Burrow

American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 12 Issue 7 - Jul 2012

Ethical Dilemma of Mandated Contraception in Pharmaceutical Research at Catholic Medical Institutions Murray Joseph Casey

American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 12 Issue 7 - Jul 2012

The Professional Responsibility Model of Respect for Autonomy in Decision Making About Cesarean Delivery Frank A. Chervenak & Laurence B. McCullough

American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 12 Issue 6 - Jun 2012

Preserving the Right to Future Children: An Ethical Case Analysis Gwendolyn P. Quinn, Daniel K. Stearsman, Lisa Campo-Engelstein & Devin Murphy

American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 11 Issue 12 - Dec 2011

Obstetricians and Violence Against Women Sonya Charles

American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 10 Issue 12 - Dec 2010

Defending My ?Rethinking? of Roe Bertha Manninen

American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 10 Issue 12 - Dec 2010

Rethinking Roe v. Wade: Defending the Abortion Right in the Face of Contemporary Opposition Bertha Manninen

American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 9 Issue 8 - Aug 2009

Response to Open Peer Commentaries on ?Prenatal Diagnosis and Abortion for Congenital Abnormalities: Is It Ethical to Provide One Without the Other?? Angela Ballantyne

News (597)

May 10, 2013 1:48 pm

Judge refuses to delay ruling on Plan B

In the latest twist of the court fight over “Plan B” emergency contraception, a federal judge has denied the Obama administration’s request to delay his ruling ordering the government to make the pills available to everyone, without restrictions.

May 2, 2013 4:27 pm

FDA approves Plan B One-Step emergency contraceptive without a prescription for women 15 years of age and older

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it has approved an amended application submitted by Teva Women’s Health, Inc. to market Plan B One-Step (active ingredient levonorgestrel) for use without a prescription by women 15 years of age and older.

April 15, 2013 2:53 pm

Made-to-Order Embryos for Sale — A Brave New World?

Embryo donation (also known as embryo adoption) is the compassionate gifting of residual cryopreserved embryos by consenting parents to infertile recipients.  As such, the not-for-profit donation of existing embryos by consenting parents comports with a triad of commonly held ethical attributes.

April 5, 2013 5:10 pm

Judge strikes age restrictions for "morning after" pill

The Food and Drug Administration must make emergency contraceptives available to girls of all ages within 30 days, a federal judge has ruled, saying the agency’s decisions regarding the so-called morning-after pill were “arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable.”

March 27, 2013 2:01 pm

Boston College threatens to punish students for handing out condoms on campus

Earlier this month, school officials sent a letter demanding that students take down a network of locations where free contraceptives and safe-sex information are available.

March 20, 2013 2:19 pm

U.K.: Public O.K. with creating babies from 3 people

Britain’s fertility regulator says it has found broad public support for in vitro fertilization techniques that allow babies to be created with DNA from three people for couples at risk of passing on potentially fatal genetic diseases.

March 19, 2013 6:11 pm

Why don't teens get shots for HPV and other diseases?

The percentage of parents who say they won’t have their teen daughters vaccinated against the human papillomavirus increases, even though physicians increasingly recommend the vaccinations.

March 15, 2013 5:02 pm

Bill in North Dakota Bans Abortion After Heartbeat Is Found

Little more than a week after Arkansas adopted the country’s most stringent abortion limits, banning the procedure at 12 weeks of pregnancy, the North Dakota Legislature on Friday passed a more restrictive bill that would ban most abortions as early as 6 weeks into pregnancy.

March 12, 2013 12:58 pm

More Than 200 Million Women Will Need Contraception By 2015

New projections suggest that the demand for modern contraception remains high: By 2015, 233 million women worldwide will have an unmet need for contraception.

February 27, 2013 6:26 pm

Program increases contraceptive use in at-risk teens (Reuters)

Long after completing an 18-month program designed to teach about contraception and healthy relationships, teenage girls at high risk for unwanted pregnancy were using contraceptives more often and maintaining other safer sexual practices, according to a new study.

View More News Items