The unsettled status of conscientious objection in the UK
The BMA's restrictive position may not be defensible What are the rights of doctors who have a conscientious objection to certain procedures in the United...
Euthanasia activist posthumously confesses to killing eight people
A now-deceased Canadian assisted dying activist has admitted to breaking Canadian law and killing eight people seeking euthanasia. A now-deceased Canadian assisted dying activist has...
Unilateral ‘do not resuscitate’ orders: what doctors think
Most US pediatricians believe DNAR orders are in some cases ethically permissible. In an article published online this week in the Journal of Medical Ethics,...
Donor anonymity legislation – a moral quagmire
Ethicists and doctors have slammed recently passed legislation in the Australian state of Victoria that will revoke the anonymity of sperm donors. Ethicists and doctors...
Only in Sweden
A mysterious illness spreads among refugee children.Ernada Hidanovic and her son Armando, refugees in Sweden / Paul Madej The political and policing...
Legal abortion for men – not even in Sweden
Why limit abortion rights to women? Why limit abortion rights to women? A Swedish political group aligned with the country’s centrist party has proposed that...
More history of Nazi medical experiments
Hi there, Next week the staff of BioEdge will be celebrating Easter, so there will be no newsletter. We shall resume early in April. This...
The forgotten history of Australian POWs, victims of Nazi doctors
It is small beer compared to other World War II atrocities but an historian has uncovered the story of five Australian POWs who were experimented...