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Emma McDonald Kennedy
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Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics at Villanova University | bioethics + social ethics, qualitative methods, infertility/reprotech
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Emma McDonald Kennedy @emma-kennedy.bsky.social · May 1
Without regulation, the global trade in human eggs endangers the health of donors and reinforces inequalities related to race, class, gender, and geography.

Read my review of @dianetober.bsky.social's book "Eggonomics" here: www.geneticsandsociety.org/biopolitical...
How Much Do (Human) Eggs Really Cost?
A Review of Eggonomics: The Global Market in Human Eggs and the Donors W
www.geneticsandsociety.org
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bctheology.bsky.social
New publication alert:
Theological Ethics Alumna @emma-kennedy.bsky.social in the Journal of the @sofcethics.bsky.social:
'Bending the Biotechnological Arc Back Toward Justice - A Critique of Historical and Contemporary Rhetorics of Scientific Progress'.
October 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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bctheology.bsky.social
Read alumnus @emma-kennedy.bsky.social's essay: 'Bending the Biotechnical Arc Back Toward Justice- A Critique of Historical and Contemporary Rhetorics of Scientific Progress' in the latest online edition of the Journal of @sofcethics.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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geneticsandsociety.bsky.social
This Friday at the Global Observatory International Summit on Human Genome Editing (5/21-23), CGS will host a panel conversation on the question: What does it take to truly include missing and excluded voices in conversations on human genome editing? 1/2
May 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
emma-kennedy.bsky.social
Studies show students with and without disabilities benefit from inclusive classrooms: "Both groups experience improved peer relationships, become more open to new learning environments, and are more accepting of differences." 1/2 lareviewofbooks.org/article/trum...
Trumpian “Common Sense” and the History of IQ Tests | Los Angeles Review of Books
In the eighth essay of the Legacies of Eugenics series, Pepper Stetler explores the troubling history of IQ tests and special education.
lareviewofbooks.org
May 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
emma-kennedy.bsky.social
Without regulation, the global trade in human eggs endangers the health of donors and reinforces inequalities related to race, class, gender, and geography.

Read my review of @dianetober.bsky.social's book "Eggonomics" here: www.geneticsandsociety.org/biopolitical...
How Much Do (Human) Eggs Really Cost?
A Review of Eggonomics: The Global Market in Human Eggs and the Donors W
www.geneticsandsociety.org
May 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Reposted by Emma McDonald Kennedy
commonweal.bsky.social
The deadline for the Commonweal Centennial Fellowship has been extended! Send in your applications — now until May 15.
www.commonwealmagazine.org/fellows
May 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
emma-kennedy.bsky.social
Threats to IVF posed by potential fetal personhood legislation have resurfaced disagreements among conservatives about IVF and extra-uterine embryos. Why is IVF a divisive issue for conservatives––and what does Christianity have to do with it?
canopyforum.org/2025/04/02/i...
"IVF Returns to the Spotlight: Dobbs, Fetal Personhood, and Extra-Uterine Embryos" by Emma Kennedy - Canopy Forum
Baby at Play by Thomas Eakins (CC0 1.0) Critiques of President Trump’s recent executive order on in vitro fertilization (IVF) have emerged not only from opponents on the left, who see the order as a “...
canopyforum.org
April 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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INBOX: @usccbofficial.bsky.social, Catholic Health Association, and Catholic Charities issue a joint statement condemning the Trump administration’s revocation of the sensitive locations policy that discourages ICE raids as schools, churches and hospitals, calling it “contrary to the common good.”
"Catholic health care, Catholic Charities agencies, and the Church's other social service ministries work daily to feed, house, heal, educate, and meet people's needs in communities across our nation. Through these ministries—together with the Church's responsibility to proclaim the Gospel and celebrate the sacraments—we uphold the belief that all people are conceived with inherent dignity, reflecting the image of God. Through our parishes, shelters, hospitals, schools, and other Church institutions, we recognize that this dignity is not dependent on a person's citizenship or immigration status. Moreover, the charitable services we provide are fundamental to who we are as Christians. "For the Church, charity is not a kind of welfare activity which could equally well be left to others, but is a part of her nature, an indispensable expression of her very being" (Deus caritas est, no. 25). "We recognize the need for just immigration enforcement and affirm the government's obligation to carry it out in a targeted, proportional, and humane way. However, non-emergency immigration enforcement in schools, places of worship, social service agencies, healthcare facilities, or other sensitive settings where people receive essential services would be contrary to the common good. With the mere recission of the protected areas guidance, we are already witnessing reticence among immigrants to engage in daily life, including sending children to school and attending religious services. All people have a right to fulfill their duty to God without fear. Turning places of care, healing, and solace into places of fear and uncertainty for those in need, while endangering the trust between pastors, providers, educators and the people they serve, will not make our communities safer. "Our organizations stand ready to work on a better path forward that protects the dignity of all those we serve, upholds the sacred duty of our providers, and ensures our borders and immigration system are governed with mercy and justice." Bishop Mark J. Seitz, chairman, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Migration Sr. Mary Haddad, RSM, president and CEO, Catholic Health Association of the United States Kerry Alys Robinson, president and CEO, Catholic Charities USA
January 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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geneticsandsociety.bsky.social
Fertility industry lobbyists oppose regulations, leaving the industry to self-regulate. Without enforceable protections, bad actors can take advantage of egg donors and surrogates without breaking the law. www.bloomberg.com/ne...
How a Billionaire’s ‘Baby Project’ Ensnared Dozens of Women
Disgraced tycoon Greg Lindberg built a network of egg donors and surrogates. Several say he conned them—and that US fertility clinics helped him do it.
www.bloomberg.com
December 12, 2024 at 5:00 PM
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geneticsandsociety.bsky.social
A new book by Jennifer Denbow unmasks the neoliberal myth that innovations inevitably advance social good. It demonstrates why social justice perspectives are crucial to challenge unfettered development and commercialization of repro-genetic technologies. www.geneticsandsociety.org/biopolitical...
Neoliberalism’s Love Affair with Innovation
Gig work in childcare, nursing, and transportation; non-invasive prenatal tes
www.geneticsandsociety.org
December 6, 2024 at 11:29 PM
emma-kennedy.bsky.social
Why has the US has put so much of its hopes, and its money, on technological “innovations”––and why hasn’t innovation addressed crises in reproduction and caregiving?

Read my review of Jenny Denbow's book "Reproductive Labor and Innovation" here: www.geneticsandsociety.org/biopolitical...
Neoliberalism’s Love Affair with Innovation
Gig work in childcare, nursing, and transportation; non-invasive prenatal tes
www.geneticsandsociety.org
December 4, 2024 at 7:18 PM