Euthanasia makes clean sweep of Australian states
The Australian state of New South Wales legalised euthanasia and assisted suicide last week. Members of the Upper House supported the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2022 by...
Should institutions enjoy freedom of conscience?
One of the most difficult issues in contemporary bioethics is “institutional freedom of conscience”. Should a healthcare facilities or nursing homes in a liberal democracy...
‘I can feel your pain’ — should we feel good after hearing this?
“What makes something better is connection.” Doctors and nurses have been educated to prize empathy as an essential skill in caring for patients, as this...
Is eco-anxiety grounds for euthanasia?
Vancouver man Howard Breen, 68, has applied for Medical Aid in Dying, Canada’s pathway to legal euthanasia. He is not terminally ill, but he is...
UK babies may have their whole genome sequenced at birth
In the UK, as in many other countries, hospitals routinely conduct a heelprick blood test on newborns shortly after they are born. The blood sample...
Covid chronicles: an abandoned surrogate baby
International surrogacy has been a big topic during the Covid pandemic. Commissioning parents were stranded on one side of a border and their surrogate and...