The Board of Directors of the American Society for Bioethics has issued a statement responding to accusations about “death panels” that have become a theme of attacks on healthcare reform efforts. The final paragraph of that statement reads as follows: “The Board of Directors of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities deplore the attempts by [...]

When I was initially asked to speak, I asked if there was a subject you wanted to hear about.  I was told “Oh, something about liberty.” As my older grandchildren might say, that seemed pretty specific—NOT.   When I thought about it, though, I decided that the subtext to the assignment was really something like: [...]

This morning, the Indianapolis Star ran an article suggesting that the FDA might retreat from its insistence that access to “Plan B”—the morning-after pill—be only by prescription. The agency “might” allow women over 18 to purchase it over the counter, despite deep concerns that its ready availability might “encourage promiscuity.”   And I thought the [...]