A bioethical dilemma for sharia law
Most of our readers probably live in countries where bioethics often revolves around the proper use of sophisticated medical technologies. My attention was drawn this...
Canadian bioethicists sunk in dejection over government inaction
The bioethics community in Canada is enraged at the Harper Government’s refusal to appoint a strong and formally credentialed leader. The bioethics community in Canada...
What are the issues in post-mortem sperm retrieval?
Is it ethical to remove sperm from a dead body without consent? In 2010 21-year-old Niklas Evans was assaulted outside a bar in Texas. He...
Court orders France to recognise surrogacy children
Surrogacy may be banned in France, but it must recognise children born to surrogate parents abroad, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. Surrogacy...
Last act in stem cell research tragedy
Nature has retracted a paper and a letter, both published in January, which claimed that physical perturbation of cells could create genetic effects. The sorry...
Is a day of doom looming for bioethics?
Predictions of a Ragnarök for bioethics surface regularly in academic journals. Ragnarök is the day in Norse mythology when gods and men meet their doom....