Claire Horner Archives - Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network

The cost to reproduce: When finances affect medical and ethical choices

February 8, 2019 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Claire Horner, Fertility, Insurance, IVF, Pregnancy, Reproduction

In the early days of assisted reproductive technology (ART), treatments such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) were considered experimental and elective – those who could

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What is a parent? Examining legal definitions for same-sex couples

March 9, 2018 Assisted Reproductive Technology, Claire Horner, Law and Policy, reproductive ethics, Surrogacy

Editor’s note: This blog post is the second part of a two-part series. Read part one. We return to our case from the previous post: a same-sex

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What is a parent? How policy shapes the definition of parenthood

March 2, 2018 assisted reproductive technologies, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Claire Horner, health policy, medical ethics

Editor’s note: This blog post is the first part of a two-part series. The LA Times recently reported on a same-sex married couple who sought U.S.

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Conscientious objection: Can a hospital refuse to provide treatment?

September 29, 2017 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Claire Horner, clinical ethics, Conscientious Objection, Death, Medical Aid in Dying, medical ethics, palliative medicine

Canada recently legalized medical assistance in dying (MAiD), which allows patients to receive a lethal drug that they can self-administer, or be administered a lethal