An historic moment
This week YouTube made history. Literally. Assisted suicide became legal in California after Governor Jerry Brown put his signature on a law passed by the...
Euthanasia on the rise in Netherlands
Deaths by euthanasia in the Netherlands increased by 10% in 2014 according to a new report. Deaths by euthanasia in the Netherlands increased by 10%...
Good will hits a church-state barrier in US
On Oct 1st the ACLU filed a lawsuit against Trinity Health Corporation – one of the largest Catholic healthcare providers in the US.After a brief...
A dignified debate, but no ground made on dignity
A recent exchange in the Journal of Medical Ethics may have caught the eye of some of our readers. A recent exchange in the Journal...
Vulnerability: a new principle in bioethics?
A new article by Duquesne bioethicist Henk ten Have explores the import of vulnerability for contemporary bioethics. Vulnerability has received significant attention in Anglophone philosophy...
Assisted suicide now legal in California
Governor Jerry Brown signs controversial bill. Governor Jerry Brown Ten percent of Americans now have access to assisted suicide after Jerry Brown, governor of...
Fears of suicide contagion after victory in California
A study shows that physician-assisted suicide may not reduce the suicide rate. The Werther Effect Will California’s new assisted suicide law actually result in...
Catholic hospitals attacked for denying patients abortion and assisted suicide
If they get federal funding, why shouldn't they provide legal services? The Catholic hospital system in the United States is growing rapidly at a time...
The British virgins who have IVF babies
Some women seeking IVF have never had a relationship Another chapter in the Chronicles of the Wild West of Assisted Reproduction. A steady trickle of...