POTUS and torture
It beggars belief that the leader of the free world and the world’s policeman, the President of the United States, thinks that torture is not...
Swedish midwife fights for her conscience rights
She was sacked for refusing to participate in abortions This week the Swedish Labour Court of Appeal heard the case of a midwife who has...
Nazi euthanasia victims honoured in Bundestag
Commemorating the 300,000 who died in Aktion T-4 On January 27, Germany’s Bundestag commemorated the 72nd anniversary of the liberation of the inmates of Auschwitz...
Trump refuses to repudiate torture
... but defers to his Secretary of Defense, who does not believe in it The United States now has a President who believes in torture...
Doctor-assisted suicide could save Canada $140 million a year, study suggests
Euthanasia now has a financial impetus. Euthanasia could save the Canadian taxpayer C$139 million a year, health analysts believe. A study in the Canadian Medical...
Lack of women in peer review – how do bioethics journals fare?
Not to badly, actually. As commentators decry ‘sexism in academia’, it’s useful to consider how bioethics journals fare among peer-reviewed science journals. Generalised science journals,...
Euthanasia debate heats up in New South Wales
The euthanasia debate has intensified in New South Wales. The euthanasia debate has intensified in the Australian state of New South Wales, with reports from...
Scientists closer to growing human organs in pigs
US researchers reporting that they have created human-pig chimera embryos. Scientists have moved closer to growing human organs in animals, with US researchers reporting that...