Oregon releases its 2015 ‘death with dignity’ stats
Since legalisation 991 people have died. Oregon is the model for assisted suicide legislation throughout the United States, so its annual “Death with Dignity” report...
China turns blind eye to surrogacy
Rising infertility is one cause of a increasing demand China’s one-child policy officially came to an end on January 1. The government is desperate to...
Should mental anguish be enough to qualify for euthanasia in Canada?
Canada’s legislators are still wrestling with how to frame a new euthanasia law. One interesting contribution to the debate comes from a senator who became...
Indian Medical Association backs pre-natal sex tests
If banning them won't work, perhaps making them compulsory will India’s gender imbalance is possibly the worst in the world because doctors routinely abort unborn...
IVF an “evolutionary experiment” – genetics expert
A leading evolutionary biologist has labelled IVF an “evolutionary experiment” that may have serious effects on children in later life. A leading evolutionary biologist has...
Personhood and moral status: the debate continues
Two insightful articles recently published in the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy may provide much needed clarity in philosophical debates about personhood. Personhood debates have...
Doctors risk jail to uphold professional ethics
Australian doctors are refusing to release the baby of an asylum seeker couple from hospital until a “suitable home environment” has been found for her....
Russia denies responsibility for strike on MSF hospital
Russia has rejected allegations that it bombed a Medecins Sans Frontieres hospital in northern Syria last Monday. Russia has rejected allegations that it bombed a...
World Medical Association to revise ‘Hippocratic Oath”
After 70 years, have a physician's obligations changed? It’s time to update the modern Hippocratic Oath, says the World Medical Association, a global organization of...
Would Jenner’s smallpox experiment pass a research ethics committee?
A single vulnerable subject exposed to a dread disease without animal trials -- it's not sounding good You have to pity Edward Jenner. He develops...