Even more developments in Belgian euthanasia
The Belgian media was abuzz this week with the news that the Catholic hospitals which provide a substantial portion of psychiatric beds will permit euthanasia...
Recreating the womb for preemies
US researchers are close to an artificial womb for extremely premature babies Researchers have moved a step closer to ectogenesis – brewing babies in an...
Counting Down syndrome Americans
Life expectancy has risen steeply Down syndrome is the leading cause of intellectual disability in the United States. But how many Americans have Down syndrome?...
Do LGBT parents have a right to a full genetic relationship?
Why should they settle for anything less than heterosexual couples? The possibility of creating synthetic gametes (eggs from male stem cells, sperm from female stem...
Where did Nazi doctors learn their ethics? From a textbook
There was no lack of ethical training in the Nazi eraKarl Brandt, one of the defendants in the "doctors' trial" German medicine under Hitler...
Belgian Catholic psychiatric hospitals ‘adjust’ their view of euthanasia
From now on it will be difficult to find a psychiatric hospital where euthanasia is not offered One of the last substantial barriers to increasing...