Celebrating Dutch euthanasia
Oh no; not again. Sorry: about half of our articles this week are about euthanasia, most of them about the Netherlands. I know that there...
Dutch psychiatric patients may get euthanasia too easily, says US study
A new study in the journal JAMA Psychiatry has presented an alarming picture of physician evaluation of euthanasia requests in the Netherlands. ‘A new study...
A Dutch report applies the brakes on ‘completed life’ euthanasia
"Complete life" is not sufficient reason, says the Schnabel report Although euthanasia in the Netherlands is often regarded as an unstoppable juggernaut, a government commission...
Celebrating 15 years of Dutch euthanasia
Youth outreach is an important part of the program Beginning today, the Dutch right-to-die association NVVE is celebrating Euthanasia Week with a selection of documentary...
Canada’s ‘euthanasia courts’
Canada's High Court has authorised provincial courts to arbitrate on requests for euthanasia. Because Canada’s federal government still has not passed euthanasia legislation, the Supreme...
IVF audit in Australia
An Australian consumer watchdog is conducting a wide-ranging investigation into the country’s IVF clinics. An Australian consumer watchdog is conducting a wide-ranging investigation into the...
Should we get rid of race in genetics?
Racial categories have long been used in genetics, though recently academics have been discouraging their use. Racial categories have long been used in genetics to...
Cruelty at home and abroad
Parents love their daughters and think that FGM is good for them, like British parents who sent kids to boarding schools. Here’s a potato so...
Clinton fumbles on end-of-life choices
No one had ever asked her about it before. Clinton's response is at 2.00 minutes After California, the biggest state in the US, legalized assisted...
Zika: still wrapped in mystery
Some reports suggest that the situation is far more complex than reports in the media suggest. This was a week of confusing information about the...