Parents request sperm retrieval from West Point cadet
It often takes a newsworthy tragedy to make us think deeply about difficult ethical issues. One example is our lead story this week. The parents...
Parents request sperm retrieval from brain-damaged West Point cadet
They plead for family line not to be extinguished A court has allowed doctors to retrieve sperm from the body of a brain-damaged West Point...
Are patients with personality disorders who request euthanasia being treated properly?
Often they are not treated by psychiatrists Aurelia Brouwers On January 26, 2018 at 2:35pm 29-year-old Aurelia Brouwers drank a lethal medication and died. The...
The dangers of not being vaccinated are real
Boy in Oregon nearly died from tetanus – but his parents still won’t vaccinate him Here is a case study from STAT about the danger...
Kiss-and-make-up proposed for philosophy and science
Philosophers can clarify many subtle scientific concepts Many philosophers and scientists do not believe that their fields overlap or complement each other, despite a long...
Little progress in ensuring the safety of IVF freezing tanks, one year after two catastrophic failures
No single government agency is responsible for checking In an extraordinary coincidence last year, the freezing tanks at two major American IVF centres malfunctioned, destroying...