Bioethicists on Recent Events

In the interest of record-keeping and resource-gathering, we’ve compiled some recent bioethical (and bioethics adjacent) work related to the ongoing maelstrom in the U.S. government. We’ll aim to keep adding sources as they come out and encourage readers to include suggestions in the comments.

• “Courage in Action: Why Bioethicists Must Advocate for Immigrant Patients,”Adelaida P. Jasperse for Hastings Bioethics Forum, March 4 2025

• “The Third Face of Power in the Age of Trump,”Danielle Wenner for Liberal Currents, March 3 2025

• “RFK Jr.’s dangerous misuse of ‘informed consent’ on vaccines,”Mark C. Navin, Lainie Friedman Ross, and Jason A. Wasserman for STAT First Opinion, February 26 2025

• “Donald Trump’s Next Diversity Target: People with Disabilities,” Sam Gustin for The Nation, February 18 2025, featuring Joe Stramondo

• “The abrupt end of USAID-funded clinical trials is profoundly unethical,”Ruth R. Faden and Nancy Kass for STAT First Opinion, February 16 2025

• “Slouching Towards Kakistocracy: Experts Need Not Apply,”Kayhan Parsi and Nanette Elster for Bioethics Today, February 10 2025

• “Supporting Patients and Students Who are Immigrants: What to Do and Why Most Bioethicists Won’t Do It,”Mark Kuczewski for Hastings Bioethics Forum, February 7 2025

• “A Secret to Restoring Trust in Vaccines,” Nathaniel Mamo for Hastings Bioethics Forum, January 28 2025