The latest news about the ‘gay gene’
Nearly every week, it seems, you read about the discovery of a new gene explaining inexplicable behaviour -- internet addiction, obesity, voting conservative, voting liberal,...
Farewell to the ‘gay gene’ theory
Study sparks controversy even in the research instituteThere is no single “gay gene”, according to an article in Science which analyses survey responses about same-sex...
Australia’s legislative laboratory for euthanasia
After Victoria, Western Australia and Queensland? Perth, capital of Western Australia The Labor-majority Parliament of the Australian state of Victoria passed assisted dying legislation in...
What’s to be done with America’s abandoned embryos?
There could be a million of them How many frozen embryos have been abandoned in American fertility clinics? No one knows. But the answer is...
Dutch woman sues to open file on sperm donor dad
Her biological father’s sperm produced at least 57 children Photo by Ian on Unsplash Maria, a 21-year-old Dutch woman is suing to identify her sperm donor father. At...
Dutch doctor in court over euthanasia of demented woman
Relatives had to hold her down during lethal injection For the first time since legalisation in 2002, a Dutch doctor has appeared in court for...
Oxytocin could relieve Body Dysmorphic Disorder
What about transgenderism? Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is a nasty mental illness. Sufferers believe that parts of their body look ugly, malformed, misshapen or hideous....
Why the mentally ill deserve access to assisted suicide
An Australian philosopher argues that turning their requests down is discriminatory Not waving but drowning / Ian Espinosa on Unsplash A state of non compos mentis might...