Black Americans experience nonfatal firearm assault at a rate more than 20 times that of White Americans. For Black men, this epidemic runs even deeper. It reflects a pattern that has held for decades: firearm assault rates are highest among Black Americans, while rates of firearm suicide are highest among White Americans. Black Americans bear […]
In vitro fertilization (IVF) is emotionally and financially taxing, especially for women of advanced maternal age. As maternal age increases, the risk of chromosomal abnormalities (aneuploidy) in embryos rises, heightening fears of conditions like Trisomy 21, or Down syndrome. Capitalizing on this anxiety, the IVF industry heavily promotes Preimplantation Genetic Testing for Aneuploidy (PGT-A) as […]
There is growing research interest in the prevalence of moral injury – a profound psychological harm caused by judgments which deviate from what an individual or society views as “right” – among those who have been exposed to trauma, such as veterans and survivors of abuse. However, what makes a judgment “moral”? Philosophers have long […]
This editorial appears in the June Issue of the American Journal of Bioethics Planetary ethics, or examining the moral relationship between humans and the physical world, is a growing field of inquiry related to the broader discipline of environmental ethics. Essentially, more people interested in the health of our planet and the negative impact humans […]
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