Does bioethics exist?
Maybe not, says American bioethicist Every doctor knows patients who are so disenchanted with the remedies of modern Western medicine that they dabble in an...
Peter Singer on carbon pollution
As bad as nuclear bombs The controversial Australian bioethicist Peter Singer has compared a big carbon footprint with dropping a nuclear bomb on Bangladesh. In...
Are some Dutch having second thoughts about euthanasia?
Minister responsible for the law says it may have been a mistake The Health Minister who shepherded euthanasia through the Dutch Parliament in 2001 is...
Even in Netherlands, euthanasia is still taboo for mental patients
Put mental patients out of their misery, lawyer says Euthanasia has been legal in the Netherlands since 2002. Those suffering from incurable mental illness are...
French Assembly rejects euthanasia
Luc Ferry opposes utilitarian approach A bill to legalise euthanasia under controlled conditions was defeated in the French National Assembly this week by a vote...
Google and Yahoo under attack for sex selection ads
Dispute over scope of law Google and Yahoo are being challenged in India because they display advertising for sex selection clinics. India banned the use...
Cosmetic surgery become feminist demand in US
Controversy over Bo-Tax Entitlement to cosmetic surgery has become a feminist issue, writes New York Times columnist Judith Warner. A provision in the health care...
IVF technique reverses baby gender ratio
Cloud over ICSI A popular IVF technique may alter the natural gender ratio, American researchers have found. A survey of babies created with intracytoplasmic sperm...