{"title":"Severity at the Gates: Or Why Prevention is the Aim of Reproductive Genetic Carrier Screening.","authors":"Hafez Ismaili M'hamdi","doi":"10.1080/15265161.2026.2741288","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2026.2741288","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Reproductive autonomy is usually described as the aim of publicly funded reproductive genetic carrier screening. I argue that this misdescribes the practice. These programs do not include conditions because any information might support choice. They include them because severity sets the scope. The aim of these programs, therefore, is prevention: not preventing the birth of particular persons, but offering a preventive response to the serious suffering associated with some severe inherited conditions. Reproductive autonomy, however, is the legitimate means by which a liberal program may pursue that aim, through information, counseling and voluntary decision making. That pursuit must satisfy what I call a liberal proviso, so that prevention does not become pressure, stigma or eugenic state steering. Naming prevention also enriches the disability critique. It makes both inclusion and exclusion morally visible and warranting justification, since both express judgments about which forms of suffering warrant collective response.</p>","PeriodicalId":50962,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Bioethics","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":17.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149197659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Merage Ghane, Matthew Elmore, Irene Dankwa-Mullan, Shawn Stapleton, Kellie Owens, Sana Khalid, Allie Delonay, Alaa Youssef, Mwisa Chisunka, Chevon Rariy, Ariadna Vargas, Julio Bonis, Nicoleta J Economou-Zavlanos, David Talby
{"title":"Fairness and Bias Management in Health AI: consensus-Based Recommendations for Best Practices Across the AI Lifecycle.","authors":"Merage Ghane, Matthew Elmore, Irene Dankwa-Mullan, Shawn Stapleton, Kellie Owens, Sana Khalid, Allie Delonay, Alaa Youssef, Mwisa Chisunka, Chevon Rariy, Ariadna Vargas, Julio Bonis, Nicoleta J Economou-Zavlanos, David Talby","doi":"10.1080/15265161.2026.2677391","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15265161.2026.2677391","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50962,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Bioethics","volume":" ","pages":"10-15"},"PeriodicalIF":17.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148213264","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Manisha Khatiwada, Dana Howard, Tema Krempley, Katherine Walton, Crystal Williams, Abraham David Graber
{"title":"Reasonable to Whom? Rethinking Informed Consent Disclosures in Light of the Research Related Concerns of the Autistic Community.","authors":"Manisha Khatiwada, Dana Howard, Tema Krempley, Katherine Walton, Crystal Williams, Abraham David Graber","doi":"10.1080/15265161.2026.2632012","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15265161.2026.2632012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Information disclosure during the informed consent process presents a dilemma. If too little information is presented, participants are unable to make an informed decision. Exhaustive disclosure is, however, a practical impossibility. In the United States, this dilemma was historically navigated in the research context by requiring that disclosure include enumerated items: the purpose of the research, potential risks, etc. In 2018, federal guidelines were updated to require that disclosure adhere to the reasonable person standard, whereby participants must be given all information that an \"average\" person would want to know. Drawing on the Autistic community's unique concerns regarding research, we argue that, because of its emphasis on the informational wants of the \"average\" person, the reasonable person standard systematically fails to meet the informational needs of (many) people from minoritized populations. We argue for an individualized understanding of the reasonable person standard and provide recommendations for research teams.</p>","PeriodicalId":50962,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Bioethics","volume":" ","pages":"16-29"},"PeriodicalIF":17.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13238933/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147328048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kathryn Guo, Sinead Prince, G Owen Schaefer, Saumya Shekhar Jamuar, Ravi Savarirayan, Julian Savulescu, Serene Ong
{"title":"The Ethics of Growth-Promoting Pharmaceuticals for Achondroplasia.","authors":"Kathryn Guo, Sinead Prince, G Owen Schaefer, Saumya Shekhar Jamuar, Ravi Savarirayan, Julian Savulescu, Serene Ong","doi":"10.1080/15265161.2026.2710267","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2026.2710267","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In 2021, vosoritide became the first pharmaceutical approved to treat the pathophysiology of achondroplastic dwarfism. It has generated significant ethical debate. Proponents emphasize its potential to improve quality of life and functional independence, whereas critics raise concerns about pathologizing human variation, eroding cultural identity, and limiting children's autonomy. The drug has an extremely high cost (approximately $300,000 USD per year per patient) and is non-lifesaving, further provoking questions of distributive justice and public funding. This paper examines the key ethical issues surrounding vosoritide, including the distinction between its medical and social benefits, its potential impact on identity, the inclusion of disability communities in study design, the limits of parental decision-making, and the justification for public reimbursement. We argue that ethical evaluation requires robust empirical evidence on both medical and quality-of-life outcomes, inclusion of disability communities in the research process, and long-term psychosocial follow-up and mandated data sharing of treated children.</p>","PeriodicalId":50962,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Bioethics","volume":" ","pages":"1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":17.6,"publicationDate":"2026-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148914206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Renegotiating the Nudge: Choice Architecture, AI, and the Terms of Influence in Dementia Care.","authors":"Dov Greenbaum","doi":"10.1080/15265161.2026.2710262","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2026.2710262","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50962,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Bioethics","volume":"26 9","pages":"173-175"},"PeriodicalIF":17.6,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148834582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chris Degeling, Jane Williams, Andrew Bonney, Judy Mullan, Caitlin Keighly
{"title":"Shorter Is Better, Except When It Isn't: the Ethics of Antibiotic Duration.","authors":"Chris Degeling, Jane Williams, Andrew Bonney, Judy Mullan, Caitlin Keighly","doi":"10.1080/15265161.2026.2709536","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2026.2709536","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50962,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Bioethics","volume":"26 9","pages":"97-100"},"PeriodicalIF":17.6,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148834588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sophie G Tillotson, Jamie B Harris, Lauren B Solberg
{"title":"Skin in the Game: Antibiotic Stewardship Within Dermatology.","authors":"Sophie G Tillotson, Jamie B Harris, Lauren B Solberg","doi":"10.1080/15265161.2026.2709566","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2026.2709566","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50962,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Bioethics","volume":"26 9","pages":"123-126"},"PeriodicalIF":17.6,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148834602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Ethical Obligations of Hospitals in the Post-<i>Dobbs</i> Landscape.","authors":"Mara Buchbinder, Kavita S Arora, Erika L Sabbath","doi":"10.1080/15265161.2026.2709561","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2026.2709561","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50962,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Bioethics","volume":"26 9","pages":"63-65"},"PeriodicalIF":17.6,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148834736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}