ATLANTA— Although paying finder’s fees to researchers and clinicians to identify study participants could compromise the recruitment process and harm human lives, many medical schools fail to address this conflict of interest in their Institutional Review Board (IRB) policies.
Leslie Wolf, an associate professor of law at Georgia State University, studied the IRB policies posted… more »
Georgia State University College of Law Professor Paul Lombardo in February traveled to Rome, where he was invited to speak at a conference at the Vatican on “New Frontiers of Genetics and the Danger of Eugenics,” sponsored by the Pontifical Academy for Life.
Lombardo spoke about the history of eugenics—a belief in the possibility of… more »
In a story published by numerous major media outlets, Georgia State University College of Law Professor Jonathan Todres told the Associated Press there’s no evidence that the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child will impinge on parental rights.
The global children’s rights treaty has been ratified by every UN member except the United… more »
Jerri Nims Rooker, Associate Director of the Center for Law, Health & Society, comments on regulation of in vitro fertilization and Georgia’s proposed “Option of Adoption Act” regarding embryo adoption.
