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UK assisted suicide guidelines under attack
Public consultation ends next week Fears that Britain might introduce a euthanasia law have been mounting since September when the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir...
Imagining designer deaf babies
Children of the deaf oppose any kind of pre-natal diagnosis Thought experiments with new technologies, and especially new reproductive technologies, are grist for the bioethics...
NFL concussion rules could change football culture
NFL releases new concussion regulations After years of allowing players to return to the field after concussions, the US National Football League announced recently that...
Alaska personhood ballot initiative incites opposition
Lawsuit over ballot to extend personhood prior to birth Abortion foes in Alaska want a referendum on the personhood of the foetus. It will state...
Fertility watchdog slated for inaction over poorly run clinics
Not enough unannounced inspections After a series of scandals in the UK fertility industry, an official review of the conduct of the Human Fertilisation and...
Argentina will force children of “desaparecidos” to take DNA test
Under pressure from Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo The Argentine government has authorised courts to order DNA samples to be taken from people to...