Tag Archives: embryos

Defining The Spectrum of “Normal”: What is a Disease?

Posted on October 20, 2016 by

This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series By Jennifer Carter-Johnson, JD, PhD The world of Gattaca once seemed a faraway place where some babies had genetic defects corrected before birth resulting in two classes within … Continue reading →

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Misconceptions: Ethics and the Rejection of Reproductive Roulette

Posted on February 20, 2014 by

This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series. For more information, click here. By Leonard Fleck, Ph.D. In a recent story in the New York Times, Gina Kolata reports the story of Amanda Kalinsky, age 30, who … Continue reading →

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