Category Law & Policy

Abortions: Coming soon to PEI

April 7, 2016 · by impact ethics · in Canadian Bioethics, Law & Policy, Public Health, Sexual Health

Nasha Nijhawan and Kelly McMillan explain why the PEI government has finally elected to provide abortion services on the Island.

Beware ‘Innovation-Speak’

March 28, 2016 · by impact ethics · in Health Research, Law & Policy, Science and Technology, Science Funding

Matthew Herder wrote a Master’s thesis on Canadian science policy some ten years ago and by the time he was done, he had sworn off the word ‘innovation.’

Criminal Sexual Conduct and the Politics of HIV Disclosure

March 22, 2016 · by impact ethics · in CIHR, Law & Policy, Mental Health, Sexuality

Michael Orsini and Jennifer Kilty discuss the criminalization of failure to disclose HIV status.

Clarifying the Assisted Death Recommendations

March 11, 2016 · by impact ethics · in Canadian Bioethics, Death & Assisted Dying, Law & Policy

Maureen Taylor, Jocelyn Downie, and Jennifer Gibson suggest that recent commentaries on official Reports on assisted death in Canada misstate the recommendations made in the Reports and their relationship to the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Carter.