Tag Archives: informed consent

Responding to Indigenous Women’s Stories of Reproductive Coercion

June 20, 2022 · by · in Assisted Reproduction, Canadian Bioethics, Fertility Preservation, Genetic Technologies, Health Research, Inclusivity, Indigenous Health, Law & Policy, LGBTQI, Queer Studies, Sexual Health, Social Justice, women · Leave a comment

Holly McKenzie and her colleagues argue for broader public conversations and institutional responses to reproductive coercion.

At What Cost Presumed Consent for Organ Donation?

May 7, 2019 · by · in Law & Policy, Organ Donation, vulnerability

Marika Warren points out some ethically challenging aspects of Nova Scotia’s new presumed consent legislation for organ donation.

Facial Recognition Software and Improved Organ Donor Matching

March 24, 2016 · by · in Clinical Ethics, Organ Donation, Science and Technology

Linda Wright briefly explains “hoped-for” GeneSetMatch technology and highlights problems for informed consent and public trust.

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.