Author Archives: impact ethics

Medical Aid in Dying: What Are We So Afraid Of?

June 6, 2014 · by · in Death & Assisted Dying, Law & Policy · 2 Comments

Dave Langlois worries about the consequences of normalizing medical aid in dying, but nonetheless argues that grievously ill patients should be able to ask for, and receive, help in hastening their death.

IVF and Adoption: Not Two Sides of the Same Coin

June 3, 2014 · by · in Assisted Reproduction, Law & Policy, Reproduction · 2 Comments

Sarah Chapple suggests that Ontario’s proposed financial support for IVF but not adoption is one more example of financial discrimination toward adoptive families.

Improve Access to Abortion

May 30, 2014 · by · in Clinical Ethics, Law & Policy · Leave a comment

Joanna Erdman at the “National Day of Action: Improve Access to Abortion” – a rally organized by Halifax LEAF: Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund  Thursday May 29, 2014 on the first anniversary of Dr. Morgentaler’s death – calls for public funding of the Morgentaler clinic in Fredericton, N.B., and the repeal of Section 84-20 […]

#AbortionPEI

May 28, 2014 · by · in Clinical Ethics, Law & Policy, Petition · Leave a comment

On May 28, 2014, the National Abortion Federation held a press conference in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island in an effort to bring abortion services to the island (here and here). The following letter was delivered to the government.

Uterine Transplantation and the Promise of Womb-anhood

May 26, 2014 · by · in Assisted Reproduction, Organ Donation, Reproduction, Research Ethics · 3 Comments

Angel Petropanagos outlines some of the many medical risks and ethical challenges of uterine transplantation, including the challenges with obtaining informed consent and the harms to women as a group.

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