The Obstetric Violence Reading Group has been busy!
We’ve explored publications by leading scholars that challenge and enrich how we think about #ObstetricViolence.
Read our reflections in our blog series on the Obstetric Violence Blog www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...

Photo showing three copies of the book Narratives of Consent and Reproductive Subjects in a stack.

Now more people are back this seems like a good time to give another shout out about this NEW edited collection on consent in reproductive care, including chapters from @drsamhalliday.bsky.social @annanelson95.bsky.social @zainamahmoud.bsky.social @emmacave.bsky.social and more

We are pleased to announce that we are working with
@ipsosintheuk.bsky.social to deliver a large-scale public dialogue as part of our project reviewing the 14-day rule for human #embryo #research.

Find out more in our new blog: ➡️🔗 bit.ly/47tBz7s

#publicengagement #makingethicsmatter

Career Development Fellow in Public Law at Durham University An opportunity for an academic position as a Career Development Fellow in Public Law is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

Durham Law is hiring a 3yr career development fellow in public law! Some lovely ppl here: @jessieblackbourn.bsky.social @lizaoloughlin.bsky.social @seshauna.bsky.social @rogermasterman.bsky.social @dkagiaros.bsky.social @nataliesedacca.bsky.social ... and @aileenmcharg.bsky.social
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COMMENT: Professor Emma Cave writes about the regulation of human SCBEM and how there are good reasons to distinguish them from embryos. Read the article in BioNews: www.progress.org.uk/human-stem-c...

#SCBEMs #ELS #regulation #stemcells #embryo #humandevelopment @emmacave.bsky.social

📢 New blog post!

@emmacave.bsky.social, Chair of the NCOB's working group on stem cell-based embryo models, reflects on our recent #policy roundtable and explores next steps for #SCBEM regulation in the UK.

Read it here:🔗➡️https://bit.ly/SCBEM-regulation-blog

#regulation #makingethicsmatter

Advocating distinct regulatory paths for embryos and embryo-like structures

New in Journal of Law & the Biosciences: I argue for separate regulatory pathways for embryos and stem cell-based embryo models (SCBEMs).
Paper builds on the 2024 Nuffield Council on Bioethics WG I chaired.
#SCBEMs #bioethics #lifesciences
🔗 academic.oup.com/jlb/article-...

FILM: What Can the Fertility Sector Learn from the Infected Blood Scandal and Inquiry? | PET This film documents a PET event about lessons for the fertility sector from the UK's infected blood scandal, and from the subsequent Infected Blood Inquiry...

NEW FILM: ‘What Can the Fertility Sector Learn from the Infected Blood Scandal and Inquiry?’ documents the recent PET event, by the same name. Watch on our website: www.progress.org.uk/film-what-ca...

#fertility #infertility #ttc #infectedbloodscandal @emmacave.bsky.social @farsidesb.bsky.social

We are pleased to announce that Professor Sarah Devaney has been appointed as Chair of the working group for our project reviewing the 14-day rule for human #embryo #research.

Find out more about the project and working group members here: ➡️🔗 bit.ly/14-day-rule-...

Strathclyde Law School is advertising for a readership in public law. Details here:

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMI746/r...

Feel free to contact me if you have any queries about this post.

OBITUARY: Margot will always be remembered not only for her extraordinary academic brilliance and public service, but also for her fundamental decency... Profs Emma Cave and Emily Jackson pay tribute in BioNews: www.progress.org.uk/obituary-pro...
#obituary #academia #MargotBrazier #bioethics #law

Thanks Lizzie. You’d have liked Margot very much (and her you).

A tribute to the wonderful Prof Margot Brazier, pioneer in healthcare law, from Emily Jackson and me, in BioNews @pet-bionews.bsky.social www.progress.org.uk/obituary-pro...