Is suicide contagious?
Does voluntary assisted dying – or euthanasia and assisted suicide – have a negative impact upon other people? It’s rare for this question to be...
The fine line between science students and ghouls
Commodification files. The widow of a 95-year-old Louisiana war veteran who died of Covid-19 was shocked to discover that her husband’s body – which he...
Another IVF mix-up in a US fertility clinic
Two California couples gave birth to each others’ babies after a mix-up at a fertility clinic in 2019. Both of them are suing Los Angeles-based...
‘The Economist’ backs assisted dying
As a reflection of the influence of classical liberal thought upon current affairs, the British “newspaper”, The Economist, has no peer. Its tightly written leaders...
NSW Parliament debates ‘assisted dying’
On Friday the Parliament of the Australian state of New South Wales began its debate on the controversial bill to legalise “voluntary assisted dying”. The...
Dutch fertility doctor sired at least 47 children
Fertility fraud files. The number of children sired by a gynaecologist at a hospital in the Dutch city of Zwolle has risen to at least...