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Episode 4: Comparing Chinese and American Bioethics
Episode 4 of No Easy Answers in Bioethics is now available! This episode features guests Dr. Guobin Cheng, Adjunct Associate Professor with the Center for Ethics and Associate Professor at Southeast University in China, and Center Director and Professor Dr. Tom Tomlinson. Freshly back in East … Continue reading
Posted in Center News, Outreach, Podcasts, Uncategorized
Tagged ASBH, autonomy, bioethics, China, clinical ethics, family, medical ethics, No Easy Answers in Bioethics, patient autonomy, podcast, united states
The Challenges of Global Commercial Surrogacy
By Hannah Giunta
Recently, The Guardian has carried a series of articles on the issue of commercial surrogacy. No doubt the recent emphasis stems from high-profile cases in the UK and the U.S., particularly the case of a UK surrogate mother who was ordered to honor her surrogacy agreement with a gay couple after she changed her mind about relinquishing the child. In her May 9th editorial, Catherine Bennett laments that relational breakdowns in UK informal surrogacy arrangements will only encourage couples to look elsewhere for surrogates, and there are many women in developing countries who are willing to enter into these agreements even when few regulations exist to protect them. Continue reading
Posted in Bioethics in the News
Tagged autonomy, Bioethics in the News, commercial surrogacy, family, global health, law, pregnancy, surrogacy, UK
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