Belgian euthanasia and nihilism
Today is a landmark, of sorts. It marks the first time that a child has been euthanised under contemporary euthanasia laws. Of course, euthanising infants...
First child euthanised in Belgium
This is the first case since the country's euthanasia law was amended in 2014 A terminally ill youngster been euthanised in Belgium – the first...
How open should presidential candidates be about their health?
Is it in the public interest to deny them privacy? At 68 and 70 respectively, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are amongst the oldest-ever candidates...
Two perspectives on female genital cutting
Mutilation and cosmetic surgery The World Health Organization reports that more than 200 million girls and women currently have been subjected to female genital mutilation/cutting...
Harvard’s sugar daddy
Scientists collaborated with the sugar industry in the 1960s to dismiss health concerns. Harvard nutrition researchers in the 1960s were suborned by the sugar industry...
Let’s fight climate change with population engineering
Bioethicists table strategies for reducing greenhouse gases Stanford biologist Paul Ehrlich popularized the formula I=PxAxT in his race to defuse the Population Bomb. It meant...
Trans-Tasman debate over euthanasia continues
Victoria has moved one step closer to legalising euthanasia, while New Zealand doctors remain hesitant. Victorian health minister Jill Hennessy Victoria has moved...
The eternal return of the infanticide debate
Bioethicists have not given up on the idea of infanticide. Bioethicists have not given up on the idea of infanticide, with a Scandinavian ethicist publishing...
The ugly legacy of Nazi doctors resurfaces
A research institute in Germany has been forced to dispose of 100 brain specimens after discovering they were sourced from illicit medical research. A prestigious...
Women freeze eggs for stable families, not successful careers
A new study of egg freezing in the UK suggests that most women are motivated by an anxiety to find the right partner. A new...