Filter my results
Search
Displaying 31 - 40 of 42
"Alternative Sources of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells" (2005), by Leon Kass and the President’s Council on Bioethics
By: Samuel Philbrick
| Published: Feb 22, 2011
Human pluripotent stem cells are valued for their potential to form numerous specialized cells and for their longevity. In the US, where a portion of…
LiteratureKass, LeonStem CellsPublicationsethics
"Limitations in Abortion Legislation: A Comparative Study" (2007), by Orli Lotan
By: Inbar Maayan
| Published: Nov 20, 2010
Written by Orli Lotan on behalf of the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) Center for Research and Information, "Limitations in Abortion Legislation: A…
LiteraturePublicationsReproductionAbortionbioethics
Leon Richard Kass (1939- )
By: Samuel Philbrick
| Published: Nov 17, 2010
A PhD and medical doctor turned ethicist, Leon Kass calls himself an unlicensed humanist. Throughout his unique career he has sought to impact others…
PeoplebioethicsethicsReproductionBiography
Dickey-Wicker Amendment, 1996
By: Megan Kearl
| Published: Aug 27, 2010
The Dickey-Wicker Amendment is an amendment attached to the appropriations bills for the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and…
LawbioethicsHuman Development
Center for Reproductive Health (1986-1995)
By: Hilary Gilson
| Published: Sep 30, 2008
The Center for Reproductive Health was a fertility clinic run by a partnership of world-renowned fertility specialists from 1986 to 1995. The Center…
OrganizationReproductive RightsOrganizationsReproductionbioethics
Bonbrest v. Kotz [Brief] (1946)
By: Brock Heathcotte
| Published: May 09, 2008
This influential opinion was copied throughout the United States allowing civil actions and wrongful death claims on behalf of children who suffered…
LawFetusReproductionbioethics
Davis v. Davis [Brief] (1992)
By: Brock Heathcotte
| Published: May 09, 2008
This case was the first of its kind to address questions of personhood in the context of in vitro fertilization of a human embryo. It laid a…
LawFertilizationReproductionbioethics
Paretta v. Medical Offices for Human Reproduction [Brief] (2003)
By: Brock Heathcotte
| Published: May 09, 2008
The court decided a child of in vitro fertilization born with cystic fibrosis does not have the right to sue for wrongful life even in the presence…
LawFertilization in VitroReproductionFertilizationbioethics
J.B. v. M.B. [Brief] (2001)
By: Brock Heathcotte
| Published: May 09, 2008
In a dispute over frozen embryos during a divorce case, the court decided the wife's fundamental right to not procreate mandated destruction of the…
LawFertilization in VitroReproductionFertilizationbioethics
Jeter v. Mayo Clinic Arizona [Brief] (2005)
By: Brock Heathcotte
| Published: May 09, 2008
In Arizona, statutes that protect persons, such as the wrongful death statute, will not be interpreted by the courts to grant personhood status to…
LawFertilization in VitroReproductionFertilizationbioethics