UK Govt apologises over removal of organs
Nuclear power plant workers organs removed without consent between 1955 and 1992 The UK government has apologised to families of nuclear power plant workers...
US “artificial life” report to take middle ground
Preview of recommendations The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues will soon finish a report on “synthetic life” commissioned by President Obama earlier...
Down syndrome screening is genocide, says New Zealand group
Threat to sue the government A group is threatening to take New Zealand government to a human rights tribunal over its antenatal screening program for...
A chronically ill bioethicist tackles euthanasia
For Melbourne bioethicist Nicholas Tonti-Filippini euthanasia is more than academic. He is in chronic pain with a terminal illness. Earlier this week he published an...