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November 22, 2022
Patient Harms & Professional Obligations After Dobbs
New AMA Guidance and Other Developments
A Hastings Conversations event last Friday discussed the impact the Dobbs decision is having on the quality of reproductive health care. Among the topics explored was the American Medical Association’s new ethical guidance that states that the AMA will oppose criminal charges against patients and physicians when pregnancy loss results from medically necessary treatment. Hastings Center president Mildred Solomon moderated the discussion with physicians Deborah Bartz (right), Louise King, and Matthew Wynia, a Hastings Center fellow. Watch the event.
Help Advance our Mission Hastings' Enduring Relevance in These Critical Times
Since 1969, The Hastings Center has been a leading voice in addressing emerging questions in bioethics, while inviting the broader public to help inform our work. Across these topics, new value conflicts and moral uncertainties continually arise with the emergence of novel technologies, increased focus on ethical issues related to population (in addition to individual) health, and political polarization confronting our society. Philanthropy supports about 45% of our efforts to respond to today’s most pressing ethical challenges. Will you help advance our mission with a gift this year? Learn more and make a gift.
Who Can't Move on From Covid? From Hastings Bioethics Forum
With the third Thanksgiving during the Covid pandemic upon us, life is largely back to normal for many people. But not for those who are immunocompromised, like Syracuse professor Scott D. Landes. Read his essay.
Communicating Ethical Challenges in Crises Bioethics with Bigger Impact
The chaos that enveloped the Covid-19 response and the loss of trust in experts has laid bare the need for a shift in communicating the moral questions that confront our society. A virtual event last week explored ways of helping the public think through daunting public health issues—communicating not just the what but the why. It featured Hastings Center fellow Tia Powell, of Montefiore Health Systems (right), and Travis Reider, of Johns Hopkins University, with moderator Keisha Ray, of UT Health Houston. Watch the event.
"Analyzing the Dobbs Decision," Anita Allen, of University of Pennsylvania, in conversation with Hastings Center President Mildred Solomon. December 5.
"Toward New Narratives About Aging in Place," The Hastings Center and Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies, December 8.
"Genetic Advantages in Sport: When Do They Count as Doping?" with Hastings Center President Emeritus Thomas Murray. December 9.
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