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Regulating Medical Assistance in Dying: A Comparison of the U.S. and Canada

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The federal government did not challenge this decision and instead amended the law in 2021 to expand access to MAID to individuals whose deaths are not reasonably foreseeable. The laws put vulnerable persons at risk and may contravene Article 10 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which Canada has ratified.

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What the Law and Bioethics Tell Us About Synthetic Human Embryos

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There is no specific regulation governing such research in the U.S.; it’s just that the federal government won’t fund the research. This article is lightly edited and reprinted, with permission, from the American Council on Science and Health. The original article can be found here. To date, most, if not all, U.S.

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