Hastings Center News
- After Roe: “Ethically Unjustifiable” Waiting Period for Female Sterilization
Posted on September 2, 2022
The current Medicaid-mandated sterilization waiting period for females—30 days in most circumstances—is clinically and ethically unjustifiable, states an essay in the latest Hastings Center Report. The authors argue that the... - Impact of Racism on Health Framed in New Briefing
Posted on August 18, 2022
A new primer frames the threat racism poses to public health, stating that health equity in general is compromised when any group doesn’t have the resources needed for health. “Racism... - Understanding How Aging Societies Think About Dementia
Posted on August 17, 2022
The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded The Hastings Center a collaborative research grant for The Meanings of Dementia: Interpreting Cultural Narratives of Aging Societies. This project will produce... - Overcoming Ableism in Medical and Nursing Education
Posted on August 4, 2022
Equitable health care for all is a bioethical imperative. And discrimination against people with disabilities—ableism—stands in the way of fulfilling that imperative. A new Hastings Center project constitutes the first... - Climate Change Ethics Explained in New Primer
Posted on August 2, 2022
A new primer that frames the moral and policy issues around climate change calls it unlike any problem that humanity has ever faced. “No issue demands greater care in balancing... - If Not Now, Then When? Taking Disability Seriously in Bioethics
Posted on July 1, 2022
The impression of bioethicists as “dangerous” has been a theme in the disability movement for decades. Is it outdated? An article in the Hastings Center Report argues that ableism and...
