Denmark changes course on gender medicine for teens
Denmark is joining a cluster of northern European countries which have retreated from liberal guidelines on gender-affirmative medicine. Minister of Health Sophie Løhde told the...
Gender-affirming surgery sees ‘dramatic’ rise in US
Accurate statistics on transgender surgery are essential, especially when a number of American states have passed or will pass bans for minors. A study of...
Why not voluntary lawyer-assisted dying?
At an earlier stage in the debate over assisted dying, a critic wrote that it was incompatible with a physician’s Hippocratic Oath. If the public...
South Australian prisoner will die through ‘voluntary assisted dying’
“Voluntary Assisted Dying” commenced in South Australia on January 31. The latest available figures show that 39 people have already taken advantage of the new...
Should uterus transplants for transwomen get insurance cover?
Insurance cover in the United States for contraception, abortion, and transgender procedures is controversial, especially if private insurers are responsible. Cases have gone all the...
Care robots seem inevitable. What stops societies from using them?
The inexorable approach of demographic winter raises many questions, but none so important as how the elderly will be cared for. Globally, the number of...