Highlights from some of the week's top ethics news stories.
What Obamacare Means for Women's Health
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling upholding the Affordable Care Act will have a profound effect on millions of women that goes beyond providing free birth control. The enforcement of this law will not only provide more healthcare benefits to more women but also more importantly, administer healthcare practices and premiums equally to men and women. While some view the Affordable Care Act as a great advancement in female health, others argue the act to be an expansion of abortion, politicizing women's health. The implementation of the Health and Human Service's (HHS) mandate under the Affordable Care Act raises concerns of violations against religious freedoms.
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| americanprogress.org |
read more......Huffington Post - Obamacare Decision Has Critical Effects On Women's Health
read more......Christian Post- Obamacare: HHS Mandate Redefines Religion, Say Christian Legal Experts
Women Without Reproductive Rights
Women around the world still face deprivation of the control of their reproductive choices. Recently, local Chinese officials have been under scrutiny for their violation of citizens' rights as they continue to order women to undergo abortions under the one-child policy. Such policies deny women the right over her reproductive life and fundamental human rights.
read more......NYTimes - Forced to Abort, Chinese Women Under Pressure
read more......Wall Street Journal - The Law on Forced Abortion in China: Few Options for Victims
Arizona Immigration Law: Set up for Racial Profiling
A decision on the Arizona 2010 immigration law was made in which the Supreme Court struck down three components of the law but sustained the portion that allows state law enforcement officials to determine the immigration status of anyone they stop or arrest if there is any reason that the individual is an illegal immigrant. Using race as the sole basis for investigating the immigration status of an individual encourages racial profiling. This piece of legislation faces challenges of its constitutionality and complies with civil rights law.
A decision on the Arizona 2010 immigration law was made in which the Supreme Court struck down three components of the law but sustained the portion that allows state law enforcement officials to determine the immigration status of anyone they stop or arrest if there is any reason that the individual is an illegal immigrant. Using race as the sole basis for investigating the immigration status of an individual encourages racial profiling. This piece of legislation faces challenges of its constitutionality and complies with civil rights law.
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| theepochtimes.com |
read more....NYTimes - Supreme Court Decision on Arizona Immigration Law
read an op-ed....CNN - How Arizona law hurts Hispanic citizens
read an op-ed.....Ali Noorini: Supreme Court's Immigration Ruling Threatens Civil Rights
Saudi Women Now Able to Compete in Olympic Games
Until now, there were three countries, Qatar, Brunei, and Saudi Arabia that would not allow female athletes participate in the Olympics. Yet all three, Saudi Arabia the most recently, will let women compete in the games for the first time. Although much of public life in Saudi Arabia remains segregated by gender and leaves women little room to act without permission from a male guardian, this development has opened many doors for women who are still in positions of inferior status to men.
read more......CNN - Saudi Arabia to let women to compete Olympics for first time
read more......NYTimes - Glaxo Agrees to Pay $3 Million in Fraud Settlement
Until now, there were three countries, Qatar, Brunei, and Saudi Arabia that would not allow female athletes participate in the Olympics. Yet all three, Saudi Arabia the most recently, will let women compete in the games for the first time. Although much of public life in Saudi Arabia remains segregated by gender and leaves women little room to act without permission from a male guardian, this development has opened many doors for women who are still in positions of inferior status to men.
read more......CNN - Saudi Arabia to let women to compete Olympics for first time
Pharmaceutical Company Charged with Fraud
GlaxoSmithKline, a British pharmaceutical company, plead guilty to criminal charges for the promotion of unapproved uses of one of its antidepressants as well as failing to report safety information pertaining to another drug used to treat diabetes. The illegal behavior was brought to light at the claims made by four GlaxoSmithKline employees who tipped the government. This incident has placed pressure on the pharmaceutical industry to uphold their ethical responsibilities in the distribution of drugs to the public.
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| globalpost.com |
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