Vaccination against COVID-19. Our moral assessment

Vaccination against COVID-19. Our moral assessment



In addition to our monthly newsletter “Bioethics News” that includes special reports, you will also receive “Bioethics at a Glance”, containing the latest relevant news with bioethical implications.

Nº. 14

JULY 10, 2020

COVID-19 pandemic. Stockpiled vaccines and drugs objective risks Production and distribution of vaccines and drugs for the prevention and treatment of this disease from a bioethical point of view… Read more.

Study confirms genome editing of embryos is not ready for clinical use A team led by Kathy Niakan, a pioneer in genome editing in embryos in the UK… Read more.

Possible availability of COVID 19 vaccines produced with cells from induced human abortions Would be used on a temporary basis until other similar vaccines produced without the use of such fetal cell types?… Read more.

Commercial surrogacy legalization. Bioethical and medical implications The news that commercial surrogacy has been legalized with significant financial support by New York State is paving the way to its normalization, being a new type of commercial contract... Read more.

The Vatican Opinion on Gender perspective. Responding to the Timothy F. Murphy's article published in Bioethics A recent article published in The Linacre Quarterly (June 17, 2020), entitled "The Vatican Opinion on Gender Theory" is a reasoned response to the Timothy F. Murphy article, published in the section Guest editorial in the journal Bioethics… Read more.

Early gestation alcohol drinking affects areas of the fetal brain in monkeys A debated topic with broad bioethical repercussions is whether alcohol intake during the first trimester of pregnancy can affect the development of the motor areas of the human fetal brain. An experimental study carried… Read more.