
Category: Medical ethics; Resource type: Source guides



Medically assisted suicide and faith: Why tension persists as laws change
In 2019, the New Jersey Legislature passed a law legalizing medically assisted suicide. Several other states debated similar measures.

Religion and transhumanism: Perfect fit or sure to conflict?
Did God want humans to find a way to live forever? Religious transhumanists say embracing radical human enhancement is a faithful act.

A new ethical frontier: Gene editing
Gene editing could provide a revolutionary cure for gene-linked diseases. But does it take medicine too far?

Woman’s decision reignites Americans’ debate over assisted suicide
An aging population and the associated end-of-life challenges have combined to keep assisted suicide at the center of the nation’s moral concerns.

“Quick Response to Study of Abstinence Education”
A New York Times story on the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine study.
“Doctors denounce abstinence-only education”
Read an Associated Press story, “Doctors denounce abstinence-only education.” It’s posted by MSNBC.