The forgotten debate fizzles out
Hi there, I must admit that I have never been a fan of using human embryonic stem cells. I have serious ethical reservations and from...
Have embryonic stem cells crashed and burned?
This is the way the joyride ends: Not with a bang but a whimper. An elevated epigraph seems appropriate for the final act of a...
Austrian restrictions on IVF upheld
The European Court of Human Rights has upheld an Austrian ban on sperm and ova donations. By a vote of 13 to 4, the Court’s...
Canadian expert report endorses euthanasia
A lengthy report on euthanasia commissioned by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) has strongly recommended the legalisation of assisted suicide and euthanasia. The six-person...
British Columbia’s supreme court to hear assisted suicide challenge
The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association has launched a constitutional challenge to a ban on assisted suicide. It is representing several plaintiffs, including Gloria Taylor,...
Waste not, want not
The editor of the leading journal Bioethics, Udo Schulenk regards capital punishment as a “barbaric practice”, it seems a shame to waste potentially life-saving organs...
Another celebrity surrogacy in UK
Rebekah Brooks, the former editor of News of the World who was arrested over the phone hacking at the defunct tabloid, is in the headlines...