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  "textContent": "David T. Wasserman, a bioethicist at the National Institutes of Health, died this past December. The following memorial notice is by Sean Aas (Georgetown University). David T. Wasserman, bioethicist and philosopher of disability, health, genetics, and law, passed away peacefully on December 28, 2025, at the age of 72 in University Park, Maryland. David pursued a career applying questions of ethics and philosophy to issues ranging from genetic testing to disability rights to criminal appeals. He worked over two decades at the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park (the Institute is now based at George Mason University). In 2007, he co-founded the Center for Ethics at Yeshiva University, led by his longtime collaborator, Adrienne Asch, before serving on the faculty of the National Institutes of Health Center for Bioethics, where he pursued bioethics research, organized academic events, and mentored numerous post-baccalaureate and post-doctoral fellows. David was the author of more than one hundred published articles, chapters, and reviews across philosophy, law, and bioethics. He was a founding figure in the philosophy of disability and contributed extensively to debates on the ethics of reproduction. In 2015, he defended the ethical propriety of reproduction itself against David Benatar’s ‘anti-natalism’ in their book, Debating Procreation. David co-edited the Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Disability and has served on the editorial boards of journals such as Ethics and the Journal of Applied Philosophy. David was named a Fellow of the Hastings Center, a major honor in the field. David graduated Yale University with a bachelor of arts in philosophy in 1975, the University of Michigan Law School in 1978, and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill with a master of arts in social psychology in 1984. A devoted father and husband, David married Susan Ginsberg in 1992 and had two sons, Jacob and Adam Wasserman. He shared his love of hiking, history, and humor with his many friends and family.\n\nThe post David T. Wasserman (1953-2025) first appeared on Daily Nous.",
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