Colorado Personhood Version 4.0
By Jonathan F. Will [Cross-posted at Hamilton and Griffin on Rights.] This November citizens of Colorado will have an opportunity to vote on a proposed amendment (Amendment 67) to their state...
View ArticleBioethics on the Ballot
In addition to the closely-watched senate and gubernatorial candidates, 146 ballot questions were up for vote yesterday in 42 states across the nation. Below is a review of the some of the most...
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What are Our Duties and Moral Responsibilities Toward Humans when...
Much of what we fear about artificial intelligence comes down to our underlying values and perception about life itself, as well as the place of the human in that life. The New Yorker cover last week...
View ArticleIslam and the Beginning of Human Life
When does human life begin? One of the more contentious bioethical and legal issues is about the beginning of human life. Nor is it difficult grasp why, for beyond political rhetoric it is a subject of...
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Orcas, Dolphins, and Whales: non-human persons and animal rights
With few exceptions, most cultures put homo sapiens at the center or the apex of creation. Humans, it is generally believed, are distinguished from other animals by our self-awareness and our ability...
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Elder abuse is not substantiated
Philip C. Marshal is an elder justice advocate and founder of Beyond Brooke. The remarks below were prepared for Our Aging Brains: Decision-making, Fraud, and Undue Influence, part of the Project on...
View ArticleThere’s More to Decision-Making Capacity than Cognitive Function
The Health Law, Policy, Bioethics, and Biotechnology Workshop provides a forum for discussion of new scholarship in these fields from the world’s leading experts. Though the Workshop is typically open...
View ArticlePregnancy Loss, Abortion Rights, and a Holistic Reproductive Justice Movement
The Health Law, Policy, Bioethics, and Biotechnology Workshop provides a forum for discussion of new scholarship in these fields from the world’s leading experts. Though the Workshop is typically open...
View ArticleHow Adult Guardianship Law Fails to Protect Contraceptive Decision-Making Rights
By Kaitlynn Milvert After Britney Spears testified this past summer about her struggle to have her intrauterine device (IUD) removed while under conservatorship, many commentators posed a simple, but...
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