President's Council on Bioethics
Government Body
Relationships:1
Events:0
Library:3
Confidence:
90%
Key Facts
Type
Government Body
Sector
Not specified
Industry
Not specified
Status
Draft
Country
Not specified
Headquarters
Not specified
Founded
Not specified
Dissolved
Active
Also Known As
Bioethics CouncilPresidential Bioethics CouncilU.S. Bioethics Council
Tags
No tags
Overall Confidence
90%
Internal Notes
No notes
Key Information
Leadership
No leadership added
Positions
No positions added
Government Level
Not specified
Branch
Not specified
Country (if foreign)
Not applicable
Parent Agency
None (top-level)
Jurisdiction
Not specified
About
The President's Council on Bioethics, a federal advisory body established by President George W. Bush in 2001 to advise the president on ethical issues related to biomedical science and technology. Dissolved in 2009.
Key Relationships
Eric Cohen
advisor
Cohen served as senior advisor and later executive director of the President's Council on Bioethics, working under chairman Leon Kass. He helped shape the council's reports on stem cell research, cloning, and human enhancement, contributing to some of the most consequential bioethics policy documents of the Bush era.
Since 2001