How do the Dutch respond to euthanasia requests from the intellectually disabled?
Not with great insight or sensitivity, according to a recent study How do intellectually disabled people fare in a country where euthanasia and assisted suicide...
Disability and euthanasia
Mahatma Ghandi reputedly said, “A nation’s greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.” We could paraphrase this in a contemporary context: a...
‘Right to try’ bills passed in US Congress: more harm than good?
The FDA has a real role to play and should not be sidelined On March 21, the US House of Representatives passed two Federal right-to-try...
Assisted suicide has slow take-up in DC
Only two doctors have signed up A year after assisted suicide was legalised in the District of Columbia, no one has taken advantage of it....
Wanted: ideologically sound Chinese sperm. Willing to pay top renminbi
Must also love the socialist motherland Eugenics – “good stock” -- comes in all shapes and sizes. In China, the latest definition of what is...
In post-one-child-policy China posthumous conception is a matter of desperation
Grandparents sue to perpetuate bloodline An underground market in surrogacy is booming in China after the Communist Party reversed the decades-old one-child policy. Nothing illustrates...
The contradictions of commercial surrogacy
Why are the mothers left holding the baby if the parents walk? Commercial surrogacy contains inherent contradictions about the status of the mother, according to...
CRISPR on the rampage
Especially in Chicago where a CRISPR gorilla runs amok CRISPR gene editing is one of the most exciting technologies of recent years, although most of...
Are sperm counts declining around the world?
The fall appears to be strong and continuing Several studies have reported a significant decline in sperm concentration and total sperm count among men from...
Macron encourages French bishops to speak out on bioethics
Society needs to be reminded of the transcendent. In a speech on Monday that garnered both criticism and praise, French President Emmanuel Macron told a...
Tongue splitting, bodily harm, and human dignity
Is there something wrong with consensual tongue splitting? Contemporary cosmetic surgery has become a tool for realising bizarre personal fantasies. Sometimes it also leads to...
Are crisis pregnancy centres unethical?
A recent article in the AMA Journal of Ethics says "yes". A recent article in the American Medical Association Journal of Ethics has sparked debate...