The BBC and euthanasia
Hi there, Journalists are amateur bioethicists. Not just yours truly, but all of us who supply the news. And sometimes journalists have their own agenda....
Pain relief is fundamental human right, say experts
Pressuring governments to provide pain relief for all Pain management experts from 84 countries have called for an international declaration that reasonable care for acute...
Can iPS cells be used unethically, too?
What about iPS gametes? The principal ethical stumbling block in dealing with human embryonic stem cells is well known: embryo destruction. Induced pluripotent stem cells...
UK fertility watchdog “not fit for purpose”, say critics
David Jones and Josephine Quintavalle speak out Razour gangs are prowling the corridors of Whitehall and the UK’s fertility watchdog is in their sights. It...
BBC mercy killing story a “cruel fabrication”
Ray Gosling given a 90-day suspended sentence Whether the BBC, the UK’s leading provider of news, is reporting assisted suicide and euthanasia objectively is...
Japanese find smart use for wisdom teeth
Could be stem cell treasure trove Everyone may be carrying a personal stem-cell bank in their wisdom teeth. Until now, most induced pluripotent stem cells...
Evangelical group angered by minister’s death
Group calls it “act of slow euthanasia” After an extended right-to-life wrangle, an Ontario minister has died in what an evangelical Christian group describes as...
Improvement in Indian sex ratio may have been illusory
Parents latch onto new subsidy Last year officials in New Delhi were jubilant about an increase in the number of girls born there. They had...
Call to rethink stem cell policy
Statement from the Neuhaus Colloquium The possibility that Federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research may stop is breathing new life into debates on...
Canadian IVF doctor accused of using own sperm
Former president of Planned Parenthood accused Two families have suggested that one of Canada’s leading IVF doctors swapped his own sperm for a donor’s. They...