Hilary Bowman‐Smart

Biographic Data

ID6380558
NAMEHilary Bowman‐Smart
GIVEN NAMESHilary
FAMILY NAMEBowman‐Smart
SIGNATURESMART H B
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of South Australia
ORCID0000-0002-2142-9696
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • In vitro fertilisation mix-ups and contested parenthood

    Open AccessSinead Prince, Andrew Mcgee et al.ARTICLEJournal of Medical Ethics2026

    In 2025, an Australian couple asked to have their remaining embryos moved to another clinic, only to discover that the child they had birthed 2 years earlier had not come from their own embryos, but an embryo belonging to a different couple. These situations can lead to disputes about who is recognised as ‘the parents’ in the biological or social sense, as well as who has moral or legal claims to parental rights and responsibilities. In terms of …

  • Reproductive self-determination and regulation of termination of pregnancy in Germany

    Open AccessChristin Hempeler, Hilary Bowman‐Smart et al.ARTICLEJournal of Medical Ethics2026

    In Germany, efforts to reform current legislation governing access to termination of pregnancy (TOP) have recently gained momentum. In 2023, the German Federal Government appointed a ‘Commission on Reproductive Self-Determination and Reproductive Medicine’, which released recommendations to revise legislation of TOP in April 2024. Currently, TOP is unlawful under the German Criminal Code, with exemptions from punishment for TOP performed within t…

  • Storing paediatric genomic data for sequential interrogation across the lifespan

    Open AccessChristopher Gyngell, Fiona Lynch et al.ARTICLEJournal of Medical Ethics2025

    Genomic sequencing (GS) is increasingly used in paediatric medicine to aid in screening, research and treatment. Some health systems are trialling GS as a first-line test in newborn screening programmes. Questions about what to do with genomic data after it has been generated are becoming more pertinent. While other research has outlined the ethical reasons for storing deidentified genomic data to be used in research, the ethical case for storing…

  • Nipt for adult‐onset conditions

    Open AccessIndia R Marks, Katrien Devolder et al.ARTICLEBioethics2024

    Noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) has become widely available in recent years. While initially used to screen for trisomies 21, 18, and 13, the test has expanded to include a range of other conditions and will likely expand further. This paper addresses the ethical issues that arise from one particularly controversial potential use of NIPT: screening for adult‐onset conditions (AOCs). We report data from our quantitative survey of Australian NI…

  • The ‘Institutional Lottery’

    Open AccessCasey M Haining, Hilary Bowman‐Smart et al.ARTICLEWomen s Studies International Forum2023Cited by: 1References: 2

    Despite abortion being decriminalised in Victoria, Australia, access remains difficult, especially at later gestations. Institutions (i.e. health services) place restrictions on the availability of late abortions and/or require additional requirements to be satisfied (e.g. Hospital Termination Review Committee approval), as a consequence of local regulation (i.e. policies and processes determined at the institutional level). This paper reports on…

  • Orphans by Design

    Open AccessHilary Bowman‐SmartARTICLEBioethics2021

    Establishing the nature of genetic parenthood is an important task. This is, firstly, because many people desire that relationship and it is in their interest to know what that is, and secondly, because there is a view that it may incur certain moral obligations between the genetic parent and their child. Many theorists have made attempts to define exactly what genetic parenthood is. I show that these definitions are deficient if they wish to ful…