The Hastings Center

The Hastings Center mission

Founded in 1969 The Hastings Center is the longest-serving independent, nonpartisan bioethics research institute in the world.

The Hastings Center's mission is to address fundamental ethical issues in health, health care, life sciences research and the environment that affect individuals, communities, and societies. We serve the bioethics community and the public at large.

Hastings does original research, publishes two journals -- Hastings Center Report and Ethics & Human Research -- and Hastings Bioethics Forum blog, has a visiting scholar program, and offers public lectures and seminars.