Euthanasia denied to two paralyzed British men
Two British severely paralyzed men have lost a High Court case to allow doctors to end their lives without fear of prosecution. Two British severely...
Prosecute police, says Dignitas. They stopped a suicide
The Swiss group Dignitas has filed a complaint against the Zurich prosecutor’s office for interrupting an assisted suicide. The Dignitas clinic near Zurich NOTE: Some...
Is it immoral not to design your baby?
The editor of the Journal of Medical Ethics, Julian Savulescu, has a radical utilitarian message, but he is preaching it in the most conventional of...
Is a male contraceptive on the way?
American researchers may have found an effective and hormone-free birth control pill for men. American researchers may have found an effective and hormone-free birth control...
Maybe there is free will after all
The shuttlecock of free will has been batted back into the determinist court with a startling reinterpretation of a classic experiment. The shuttlecock of free...
New Jersey governor vetoes commercial surrogacy
New Jersey has been the scene of two bitter legal battles over surrogacy. The latest one has ended with a win for foes of commercial...
Parents who await miraculous cures could be “torturing” their dying children, say UK doctors
What should doctors do if deeply religious parents want to keep a child alive at any cost, even if the child is suffering and has...