Down syndrome victory in US Congress
Bipartisan inspired by work of Brian Skotko The American pro-life lobby scored a rare victory in Washington recently with the passage of Kennedy-Brownback disability diagnosis...
British teen refuses heart transplant
"I'm going to die, but I also know what's best for me."A British hospital has given up its attempt to force a 13-year-old girl to...
Bioethics advice for the White House?
White House chief of staff’s brother When President Barack Obama looks for advice on bioethics, he won’t have far to go. His newly-appointed White House...
Some Australian MPs back abortion as cost-saver
Eugenics alive and well Down Under Eugenics is alive and well amongst Australian reproductive health lobbyists, it seems. Sleuthing by journalist Angela Shanahan, of The...
Amputate healthy legs if patients don’t want them, says psychiatrist
Inspired by analysis of Julian Savulescu A Sydney University psychiatrist has argued that surgeons should be allowed to amputate healthy legs if a patient is...
Some Washington hospitals resist assisted suicide
In the wake of the election day referendum Some hospitals in the American state of Washington have declared that they will not allow assisted suicide,...
Oxford animal research lab opens
After a turbulent five years Oxford University’s controversial £18 million ($28 million) animal research laboratory has finally opened. Construction began five years ago, but stopped...
Pope endorses organ transplants
... but refuses to take sides in controversy over dead-donor rule. Despite a simmering controversy over organ transplants, especially amongst Catholic bioethicists, Pope Benedict XVI...