The Exclusion of Pregnant, Pregnable, and Once-Pregnable People (a.k.a. Women) from Biomedical Research

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Vanessa Merton

Pace University - Elisabeth Haub School of Law

Date Written: 1993

Abstract

The barriers to women's participation as subjects in biomedical research are currently being challenged as a matter of legislative policy, medicine, and law. This Article catalogs the ways in which women have been disadvantaged by their exclusion and recent developments to redress them, and goes on to dissect the underlying rationales for excluding women from clinical trials. The author reveals the 'fundamental misconception' behind exclusionary rationales, and argues that research sponsors in fact have more to fear in the way of potential liability from the exclusion of women, even pregnant women and women of child-bearing capacity, than from their inclusion. Finally, the Article suggests strategies for achieving reform of these exclusionary practices.

Keywords: medical research, sex discrimination

Suggested Citation

Merton, Vanessa, The Exclusion of Pregnant, Pregnable, and Once-Pregnable People (a.k.a. Women) from Biomedical Research (1993). American Journal of Law and Medicine, Vol. 19, 1993, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1292951

Vanessa Merton (Contact Author)

Pace University - Elisabeth Haub School of Law ( email )

78 North Broadway
White Plains, NY 10603
United States

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