Commentaries

Katherine Drabiak, Human Rights Report and Age of Consent for Sex Laws, Harvard Law Bill of Health, May 4, 2023.

Katherine Drabiak, Florida’s Collection of Transgender Treatment Information is About Health, Not Privacy, Orlando Sentinel, February 9, 2023.

Katherine Drabiak, The Ethical Dilemmas Behind Plans for Involuntary Treatment to Target Homelessness, Mental Illness and Addiction, The Conversation, February 3, 2023.

Katherine Drabiak, Change Won’t Appear Overnight in Many States if the Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade, The Conversation, June 3, 2022.

Katherine Drabiak, What’s Behind the Push to Revise Marijuana Laws?, Orlando Sentinel, May 25, 2022.

Katherine Drabiak, Trying to Coerce the Unvaccinated to Submit to a Medical Intervention Threatens Everyone’s Rights, Chicago Tribune, January 27, 2022.

Katherine Drabiak, Clarifying Misconceptions About the Parental Bill of Rights, Orlando Sentinel, July 8, 2021.

Katherine Drabiak, Liberal Government Condones Risky IVF Procedure, Independent Australia, March 20, 2021.

Katherine Drabiak, Australia’s Parliament Should Maintain the Laws that Prohibit Mitochondrial Donation, Biopolitical Times, Center for Genetics and Society, March 11, 2021.

Katherine Drabiak, Infants Born Through Surrogacy Contracts Cannot Be Canceled or Returned, Harvard Law Bill of Health, February 8, 2021.

Katherine Drabiak, Tempering the Flames When the World is On Fire, Medium, June 20, 2020.

Katherine Drabiak, Wisconsin Strikes Down Safer at Home Order, Harvard Law Bill of Health, June 10, 2020.

Katherine Drabiak, Lessons from One Child Nation for Health Policy, Harvard Law Bill of Health, February 5, 2020.

Katherine Drabiak, California Law To Restrict Medical Vaccine Exemptions Raises Thorny Questions Over Control, The Conversation, September 24, 2019. ***Evidence of impact: Article was republished on U.S. News and World Report and in multiple newspaper outlets.  Reached over 32,000 reads.

Katherine Drabiak, Measles Outbreaks Show Legal Challenges Of Balancing Personal Rights And Public Good, The Conversation, April 11, 2019. ***Evidence of impact: Article was republished on PBS and in multiple newspaper outlets.  Reached over 30,000 reads and resulted in radio podcast interview with BYU/PBS radio and print media interviews.

Katherine Drabiak, Toxic Breastmilk: When Substance Abuse Relapse Means Death for Baby, Harvard Law Bill of Health, November 15, 2018.

Katherine Drabiak, Hawaii’s New End of Life Law: Do the Additional Safeguards Withstand Scrutiny? The Hastings Center Bioethics Forum, May 4, 2018. ***Evidence of impact: quoted by health advocacy groups, including the Australian Healthcare Alliance and Patients’ Right Council.

Katherine Drabiak, As Genetic Testing For Breast Cancer Gene Mutation Expands, What Women Need To Consider, The Conversation, May 3, 2018. ***Evidence of impact: republished in Washington Post, Salon, and other newspaper outlets.  Reached over 22,000 reads and resulted in requests for TV, podcast, and print media interviews.

Katherine Drabiak, Engineering Consensus in the Development of Genome Editing Policy, The Hastings Center Bioethics Forum, March 14, 2017.

Katherine Drabiak, Deaths in Cancer Trials Using Gene-Altered Cells, Center for Genetics and Society, August 5, 2016.

Katherine Drabiak, Read the Fine Print Before Sending Your Spit to 23andMe, Hastings Center Bioethics Forum, February 26, 2016. *** Evidence of impact: This commentary, along with the full length law review article, resulted in numerous TV and podcast media interviews.

Katherine Drabiak, Celltex Under Fire by FDA, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, July 2, 2012.

Katherine Drabiak, Legislatures Race to Define Rights and Obligations Relating to Genetic Information: Avoiding Another Bearder, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, April 30, 2012.

Katherine Drabiak, Privacy and Security Considerations for Emerging Health Information Exchanges: Notes from Utah and New York, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, April 16, 2012.

Katherine Drabiak, Mercy Health Plan’s Medical Data Security Breach Should Inform OCR’s Harm Standard, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, November 10, 2010.

Katherine Drabiak, Oklahoma Legislature Requires Express Consent to Retain Newborn Blood Spots, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, September 17, 2010.

Katherine Drabiak, California Department of Public Health Orders Changes to Berkeley’s Genetic Test Program , Predictive Health Ethics Research News, August 19, 2010.

Katherine Drabiak, DTC Tests Face Scrutiny at FDA, GAO, and Congress, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, July 27, 2010.

Katherine Drabiak, Berkeley Scheduled to Move Forward with Freshmen DNA Testing, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, June 29, 2010.

Katherine Drabiak, Pathway Genomics: the Final Tipping Point for FDA Regulation of DTC Genetic Tests?, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, May 13, 2010.

Katherine Drabiak, Havasupai Tribe and Arizona State University Settlement Agreement: ASU to Return the Blood Samples, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, April 29, 2010.

Katherine Drabiak, Judge Grants Partial Summary Judgment to Plaintiffs: Myriad’s Gene Patents Are Invalid, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, April 5, 2010.

Katherine Drabiak, Transparency of Texas’ NBS Transfer and Reassessing Evasive Statutory Interpretation, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, March 9, 2010.

Katherine Drabiak, Direct-to-Consumer Fetal Sex Prediction Tests: the US is Not Immune to Sex Selection, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, February 2, 2010.

Katherine Drabiak, Minnesota Judge’s Dismissal of Newborn Blood Spot Case Misses the Mark, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, December 14, 2009.

Katherine Drabiak, Lawsuit Challenging Myriad’s BRCA1 and BRCA2 Patents Will Go Forward: Judge Rejects Defendants’ Attempts to Preclude Plaintiffs’ Day in Court, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, November 25, 2009.

Katherine Drabiak, Newborn Blood Spot Litigation Continues in Minnesota and Texas, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, November 20, 2009.

Katherine Drabiak, Critiquing HHS’s Summary Recommendations on Newborn Blood Spots: Opt-Out is Not Optimal, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, September 4, 2009.

Katherine Drabiak, Direct-To-Consumer Baby Gender Mentor Test in a Three Year Stalemate, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, July 21, 2009.

Katherine Drabiak, Sharing Patient Health Records: Wisconsin Assembly Bill 793, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, February 15, 2008.

Katherine Drabiak, A Public Cord Blood Bank in Indiana? Reviewing House Bill 1020, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, January 26, 2008.

Katherine Drabiak, Newborn Screening: An Update on Minnesota, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, November 16, 2007.

Katherine Drabiak, Get Your Genetic Test Results Online and Who Needs a Physician? Predictive Health Ethics Research News, November 15, 2007.

Katherine Drabiak, Insurance Underwriting and Healthcare Limbo, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, October 15, 2007.

Katherine Drabiak, Minnesota and Genetic Privacy: Why the Rule of Law is Good for Research, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, September 26, 2007.