Susannah Baruch

• Harvard University

This Viewpoint discusses the importance of medical professionals and experts protecting modern medicine and public health by defending the profession’s unique expertise and ability to set the standard of care.

This Viewpoint evaluates Texas’ proposals to define the scope of the life exception for the state’s abortion ban and argues that these approaches do not allow physicians to follow the national standards of care, avoid criminal liability, or have sufficient notice of what the law permits.

Evidence is emerging of a growing societal consensus about appropriate and inappropriate uses of genetic information. The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 provides new legal protections to Americans by prohibiting the discriminatory use of genetic information by health insurers and employers. Additionally, the United States militar...

The purpose of this study was to determine which US in vitro fertilization clinics provide preimplantation genetic screening for aneuploidy in treating infertility, and to explore clinic directors' attitudes toward this technique. Online survey included 415 US assisted reproductive technology clinics. The survey had a valid response rate of 45% or...

To better understand the current practices of IVF clinics regarding preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and explore the attitudes and opinions of clinic directors toward PGD. On-line Survey of 415 assisted reproductive technology (ART) clinics in the United States. The Survey had a valid response rate of 45% (186 clinics). Not applicable. Respo...

OBJECTIVE: To better understand the current practices of IVF clinics regarding preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and explore the attitudes and opinions of clinic directors towards PGD. DESIGN: On-line Survey of 415 assisted reproductive technology (ART) clinics in the United States. The Survey had a valid response rate of 45 percent, or 190 c...

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), the genetic testing of embryos developed through IVF is one of the fastest growing techniques in reproductive medicine and IVF. Some suggest that PGD will become part of every IVF cycle in the future. The growing popularity of PGD has highlighted the fact that there are no comprehensive data available about...