Euthanasia on trial
The year has just begun and already we are being faced with some thorny bioethical issues, as we report in the links below: Will countries...
Historic first trial of euthanasia doctors begins in Belgium
A death in 2010 finally comes to court Tine Nys (centre) with her two sisters Next Tuesday commences an historic trial in Belgium – the...
Canadian hospice could be defunded because it opposes euthanasia
A small hospice in British Columbia may lose funding over its MAiD policy. A small hospice in British Columbia risks losing public funding over its...
Ethical questions over IVF research outsourced to Mexico
Even the editors of the journal which published it have criticised it It’s highly unusual for a journal to publish a research paper accompanied by...
Will ectogenesis liberate women from patriarchal tyranny?
There is a moral imperative to develop artificial wombs, says bioethicist Women will never be free until they have been freed from the tyranny of...
What’s wrong with a virginity test?
Rapper T.I. sparks a bioethical controversy rapper T.I. If you follow the American rapper T.I. on social media, you’ll know that he has unconventional views...
Surrogacy agencies flock to Taiwan after legalisation of same-sex marriage
It could cost US$140,000 for a gay couple to get a baby American surrogacy agencies have flooded into Taiwan after the legalisation of same-sex marriage...
China to crack down on violence against doctors and nurses
‘A serious, ubiquitous, and persistent social problem,’ say experts A female doctor, Yang Wen, was stabbed to death at Beijing Civil Aviation General Hospital on...
India continues to struggle with surrogacy
The Prime Minister should walk his talk about empowering women and confront the powerful IVF industryIndian author and activist Pinki Virani has been given a...