Category Reproduction
The CRISPR Dream
Françoise Baylis shares a brief excerpt from her book Altered Inheritance: CRISPR and the Ethics of Human Genome Editing.
Is Prenatal Testing Discriminatory?
Chris Kaposy recommends that governments considering public funding for noninvasive prenatal testing take heed of the problem of discrimination against people with disabilities such as Down syndrome.
Genome-Edited Babies – A Cause for Concern
Shawn H.E. Harmon describes significant concerns with human genome editing that illustrate multiple failures of governance.
Don’t remand pregnant people or primary caregivers
Jaime Burnet and Martha Paynter advocate for ending the practice of pre-trial imprisonment of pregnant people, primary caregivers of young children, and primary caregivers of people with disabilities
Genome-Edited Persons will Need Legal Protections
Will Hatfield suggests that, in Canada, persons born from gametes or embryos that have been genetically modified would be members of a new class of humans, and potentially in need of specific legal protections.
Compensating Egg Donors: United States vs Spain
Diane Tober considers how different compensation schemes for donation affect the experiences and choices of egg donors and announces the launch of her research project which analyzes egg donation practices in the US and Spain.
