TY - JOUR T1 - Looking back and looking forward JF - Journal of Medical Ethics JO - J Med Ethics SP - 429 LP - 429 DO - 10.1136/medethics-2022-108463 VL - 48 IS - 7 AU - Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby Y1 - 2022/07/01 UR - http://jme.bmj.com/content/48/7/429.abstract N2 - This July 2022 issue of the JME contains several articles addressing ethical issues related to COVID-19 as well as reproductive ethics—a timely topic, given the leaked U.S. Supreme Court document, anticipating the overturn of Roe v. Wade.On the COVID-19 front, original articles in this issue include an analysis of ethical issues related to sharing research samples and data between low/middle-income countries and high-income countries,1 a retrospective analysis of European scientific societies’ triage policies early in the pandemic,2 an assessment of the fairness of the allocation framework used by the WHO for their COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access Facility (COVAX),3 balancing physicians’ freedom to express opinions on medical matters with public interest when they run contrary to each other,4 and a survey of Americans’ views on race-based and place-based COVID-19 vaccine prioritisation.5 The articles include a mix of looking back and … ER -