Hastings Center News
- Do Laws Restricting Transgender Youth-Athlete Participation Safeguard Fair Competition?
Posted on June 27, 2023
Twenty-one states have laws barring transgender youth-athletes from competing on public-school sports teams in accordance with their gender identity. Proponents claim that transgender females in particular have inherent physiological advantages... - “Packed to the Brim With Unique Insights”
Posted on June 26, 2023
Justice and Water. Race in Bioethics. Reproductive Ethics. Global Health Justice. These were among the wide range of topics explored in The Hastings Center Summer Bioethics Program for Underrepresented Undergraduates,... - Ravitsky Appointed to AI Initiative
Posted on June 21, 2023
The National Academy of Medicine has appointed Hastings Center president-designate Vardit Ravitsky to a new initiative aiming to ensure the safe, ethical, reliable, and equitable use of artificial intelligence in... - Gender-Affirming Care for Cisgender People: Q&A with Theodore Schall and Jacob Moses
Posted on June 14, 2023
The term “gender-affirming care” is almost always applied to treatment for transgender people, but an article in the current issue of the Hastings Center Report argues that such care predominates... - Hastings Center Welcomes 2023-2024 Sadler Scholars
Posted on May 30, 2023
The Hastings Center has selected six doctoral students in fields such as population health, social ethics, and sociology as the 2023-24 Sadler Scholars. The Sadler Scholars are a select group... - Abortion Miscoding—Legal Risks for Clinicians and Hospital Systems
Posted on May 26, 2023
A new commentary considers the legal risks that physicians and health care facilities may incur when they miscode patients’ medical records to conceal an abortion. The article, published in JAMA,...
