Dutch man cleared after helping mother commit suicide
The Arnhem Court of Appeal has cleared a 74-year-old Dutch man who helped his mother commit suicide The Arnhem Court of Appeal has cleared a...
Baby born from ovary frozen in mother’s childhood
A Belgian woman has given birth using transplanted ovarian tissue that she had removed when she was a child. A Belgian woman has given birth...
New Down syndrome test could be more “efficient”
UK researchers are hailing the development of a ‘safer’ and more ‘cost-effective’ pregnancy-screening test. UK researchers are hailing the development of a "safer" and more...
Planning for a world with LGBT bioethics
Would it reach different conclusions? With same-sex marriage and the transformation of Bruce Jenner into Caitlyn Jenner in the world headlines, it’s time to ask...
European court allows “vegetative” patient to be starved to death
Doctors have been given permission to remove food and water from Vincent Lambert, a severely brain-damaged, 38-year-old Frenchman. Doctors have been given permission to remove...
Germanwings pilot had seen 41 doctors in 5 years
Further revelations have raised questions about medical confidentiality. Further revelations about the co-pilot of the Germanwings crash in which 150 people died have raised questions...
Looking back: Daniel Callahan
One of the grand old men of American bioethics, he is a reminder of a broader and more communitarian view. The dominant view of bioethics...
A “mercy killing” outside the law
What message will legalisation send to unbalanced people? One issue that seldom surfaces in discussions about the legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia is the...
German parliament to debate assisted suicide
Two bills authorising assisted suicide have been presented to the Bundestag. Two bills authorising assisted suicide have been presented to the German Parliament ahead of...
So much falseness in the world
As a journalist, I tend to be impatient with fussy terminological precision, a character flaw which occasionally raises the hackles of readers with more exacting...