An excursion into time machine ethics
We missed this, sorry, but October 21 was #BackToTheFutureDay, the day Marty McFly travelled to in Back to the Future II. The internet was abuzz...
Redefining the rules of war
Medecins San Frontieres has accused the US special forces of “war crimes” after an American AC-130 gunship attacked a field hospital in the northern Afghan...
Delusional but autonomous
A British man chooses to die rather than lose his leg. Can a confused, lonely, bi-polar, sick 73-year-old with religious delusions refuse an operation which...
Surrogacy business shifts to Cambodia
The international market for surrogacy is proving to be very resilient in the face of legal and social disruption The international market for surrogacy is...
India restricts access to surrogate mothers
The Indian government has introduced strict new laws that will prohibit foreigners from commissioning Indian women to bear their children. Suzanne Lee / Panos London...
Silicon Valley becomes a bioethical testing ground
Internet giants move into medical research. Apple's promotional video for ResearchKit Silicon Valley start-up 23andMe, as well as internet giants Google, Facebook and Apple,...
UK doctor suspended for three months over abortion
A British GP caught in a newspaper sting suspended for three months after authorising a sex-selective abortion. Dr Palaniappan Rajmohan A British doctor at...
LA pill mill doctor convicted of murder
"You can't hide behind a white lab coat and commit crimes," says DA. A Los Angeles woman has become the first American doctor to be...
The case for expanding physician-assisted death to psychiatric cases
Bioethicist Bonnie Steinbock suggests assisted death for psychiatric cases is the logical consequence of current euthanasia legislation. Recently there has been a flurry of articles...
Disability and dungeons in Philadelphia
Woman sentenced to life for enslaving and torturing disabled people. Linda Watson Here’s another reminder – if you needed one -- that caring for...
The last psychopath: using the brain to root out disorder
The new play Tomcat tests our views about eliminating "neurodiverse" children. Eleanor Worthington Cox plays Jessie in Tomcat / Richard Davenport It is compulsory for...