John LantosAug 30, 20222 minWhen to let babies dieWhen is a premature baby so premature that we should consider them non-viable? When we do not intubate them and provide intensive care....
John LantosAug 17, 20223 minBombing bookstores and killing writers“Some people get statues, others get holes.” – Salman Rushdie David Foster Wallace tells a story about an atheist and a believer sitting...
John LantosAug 12, 20223 minMoney, miracles, and mortality in SMAThe child in the picture has spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). She made the news in Mumbai when her parents tried to one of the new and...
John LantosAug 11, 20222 minCan race-based rationing be fair? COVID-19 has been a good testing ground for theories about the fair allocation of scarce resources. Everybody agrees on the basic idea...
John LantosAug 4, 20222 minWhat matters with KansasSedgewick County, home of Wichita, voted 58-42 to preserve abortion rights. That says it all. The organized anti-abortion movement...
John LantosJul 31, 20223 minThree really good bioethics books While giving birth to her second child, Josephine, Dr. Jane Lee has a uterine rupture. It was misdiagnosed. Her baby went without oxygen...
John LantosJul 28, 20223 minSo? Gonna immunize your kids?Parents in the US make up their own minds about immunizations. Almost all consent to some vaccines for their kids. Over 99% of US...
John LantosJul 21, 20221 minVoting for Trump Worse Than SmokingLight smokers are 2-3 times more likely to get lung cancer, stomach cancer, and coronary artery disease than are people who don’t smoke....
John LantosJul 18, 20222 minConscience claims after Roe v. WadeFifteen years ago, we reported that 16% of doctors in the United States would neither discuss abortion with patients nor refer their...
John LantosJul 14, 20223 minBrain death and xenotransplantation researchOK, so researchers have genetically modified pigs and then transplanted their hearts into brain dead human bodies. Yesterday’s dystopian...
John LantosJul 13, 20222 minTwo key lessons from UvaldeFrom the botched police response to the Uvalde school shooting, we should learn two key lessons about proposals to make schools safer. ...
John LantosJul 9, 20224 minThe reality of compulsory pregnancyAnnie Ernaux describes her abortion like this, “I could see the tiles between my thighs. I pushed with all my strength. It burst forth...