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Hi there, As I've said before, the theme of the week is normally a last-minute accident. I thought it was going to be euthanasia, but...
Compensation for victims of North Carolina eugenics program abandoned
North Carolina's effort to compensate victims of a widespread and decades-long eugenics program that extended into the 1970s was derailed in the State Senate this...
Hungarian “racial purity” genome test slammed
The Hungarian Medical Research Council (ETT), which advises the government on health policy, has asked public prosecutors to investigate a genetic-testing company that confirmed that...
Swiss canton to get first assisted suicide law
The French-speaking Swiss canton of Vaud will become the first to introduce a law which explicitly allows assisted suicide. The French-speaking Swiss canton of Vaud...
Shock! Horror! UK Euthanasia!
Alleging that 130,000 elderly patients are being euthanased each year by Britain's National Health Service takes a bold man. Repeating it uncritically takes a foolish...
The latest goss on infanticide
A Washington Post blog has announced that the editor of the Journal of Medical Ethics, Julian Savulescu, is preparing a special issue on infanticide. A...
First IVF mother dies
Lesley Brown, the woman who gave birth to the first "test-tube baby" in 1978, died this week after a short illness at the age of...