Medicine Daniel Beck | 2 Feb 2018 Should Conscientious Objections Apply to Healthcare? The latest debate over conscientious objections in healthcare is nothing new in American society.
Medicine Rachel Robison-Greene | 9 Jan 2018 CRISPR, Moral Obligations and Editing the Human Genome With technologies like CRISPR, scientists are even closer to editing the human genome to fight diseases and prolong life. But is doing so ethical?
Womb Transplantation: A Procedure in Need of Defense? Dallas doctors recently announced the first successful birth resulting from a womb transplant. Critics continue to debate the procedure's ramifications. 3 Jan 2018 | Jean Kazez
Regulating Consumption and Canada’s Trans Fat Ban Canada's ban on trans fats in foods has a long and controversial history in the realm of addressing public health issues by regulating consumption. 6 Oct 2017 | Andrew Bobker
Evaluating the Ethics of Paid Organ Donation Demand for organ donation far exceeds supply. Would allowing paid organ donation be an adequate solution? 22 Sep 2017 | Daniel Beck
Rules Versus Results in Vaccine Research A controversial vaccine study backed by Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel has led to a wide-ranging debate over the advantages and drawbacks of medical research ethics. 14 Sep 2017 | Meredith McFadden
Iceland Has Almost Eliminated Down Syndrome through Selective Abortion. Is That a Good Thing? Only one or two children are born with Down Syndrome in Iceland per year - not from chance, but due to selective abortion. 8 Sep 2017 | Daniel Beck
Less Healthcare, Less Regulation: Is Donald Trump Killing People? Critics allege that Donald Trump will directly be killing people by repealing Obamacare and encouraging deregulation. Do their claims hold up? 5 Sep 2017 | Jean Kazez
A Cross-Species Solution to Organ Donation? Xenotransplantation, or using animal tissues to solve medical problems in humans, is medically promising and even more ethically complex. 22 Aug 2017 | Kiara Goodwine
Why Conservatives Should Support Obamacare's Individual Mandate It's not just liberals. Conservatives have a compelling reason to support the Affordable Care Act's mandate that most people purchase health insurance. 7 Aug 2017 | Jean Kazez
Who Should Decide Charlie Gard's Fate? In the United Kingdom, a battle between a sick child's parents and the child's doctors raises questions of parental rights and responsibilities. 17 Jul 2017 | Daniel Beck
Drug Addiction: Criminal Behavior or Public Health Crisis? How should societies balance the medical roots of addiction while addressing the social damage it causes? 11 May 2017 | Daniel Beck
Respecting the Dead: The Case of Charles Byrne, the Irish Giant What does the examination of Charles Byrne's body after death, against his wishes, say about respecting the dead? 4 Apr 2017 | Daniel Beck
Does the United States Steal Nurses from the Developing World? Nurses from developing countries often leave for jobs in the United States or the United Kingdom, leaving the healthcare systems of their home countries struggling. 20 Mar 2017 | Daniel Beck
On Labeling Over-the-Counter Homeopathy Should the federal government label homeopathic over-the-counter treatments as ineffective? 30 Dec 2016 | Daniel Beck
To Whose Benefit is Aversion Therapy? A controversial method of treating children with autism raises questions about the motives behind aversion therapy. 23 Dec 2016 | Emily Troyer
Life, Death, and Cryonics Cryonics, the freezing of a dead body with the hope of later revival, is a controversial practice, but might be worth the risk for some of the dead. 16 Dec 2016 | Carrie Robinson
The 21st Century Cures Act and Prioritizing Diseases The 21st Century Cares Act has received rare bipartisan support. What are the implications for American healthcare? 15 Dec 2016 | Sarah Ertelt
Research Without Consent in Philadelphia Research practices on gunshot victims in Philadelphia raises questions of informed consent in life-or-death situations. 8 Nov 2016 | Daniel Beck
Sexism in Birth Control Research Why are side effects of birth control seen as acceptable for women, yet unacceptable for men? 4 Nov 2016 | Amy Brown
The Wrong Reasons? Refusing Elective Abortion Coverage Motive is critical when evaluating whether a refusal to cover abortion costs is moral. 3 Nov 2016 | Meredith McFadden
Curing HIV in a Creationist America How should American creationists balance their faith and the medical advances that contradict it? 24 Oct 2016 | Sarah Ertelt