Should American doctors participate in executions?
Against the consensus, a cardiologist says they should The American state of Arkansas executed four prisoners in April. They were given a lethal injection with...
Even more developments in Belgian euthanasia
The Belgian media was abuzz this week with the news that the Catholic hospitals which provide a substantial portion of psychiatric beds will permit euthanasia...
Recreating the womb for preemies
US researchers are close to an artificial womb for extremely premature babies Researchers have moved a step closer to ectogenesis – brewing babies in an...
Counting Down syndrome Americans
Life expectancy has risen steeply Down syndrome is the leading cause of intellectual disability in the United States. But how many Americans have Down syndrome?...
Do LGBT parents have a right to a full genetic relationship?
Why should they settle for anything less than heterosexual couples? The possibility of creating synthetic gametes (eggs from male stem cells, sperm from female stem...
Where did Nazi doctors learn their ethics? From a textbook
There was no lack of ethical training in the Nazi eraKarl Brandt, one of the defendants in the "doctors' trial" German medicine under Hitler...
Belgian Catholic psychiatric hospitals ‘adjust’ their view of euthanasia
From now on it will be difficult to find a psychiatric hospital where euthanasia is not offered One of the last substantial barriers to increasing...
Swedish midwife opposed to abortion appeals to European Court of Human Rights
Ellinor Grimmark has had to move to Norway to find work Ellinor Grimmark speaking to the press Swedish midwife Ellinor Grimmark has decided...
Fake news and BioEdge
We’re back from the Easter holidays, which in Australia are far longer than elsewhere, thank goodness. To get back into the rhythm of things, we...
Euthanised organ donors could dramatically shorten waitlists in Belgium, say doctors
There are some limitations, so the idea needs to be refined. Several Belgian physicians argue in a recent research letter in JAMA that encouraging the...
‘Fake news’ invades bioethics
IVF parents discover that they are TWINS!!!!!! It had to happen sooner or later: fake news about bioethics. Fake, not in the sense of exaggerated,...
Will Richard Branson erase the stigma of dyslexia?
He may have plans for a dyslexic sperm bank. British billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson is either a practical joker or a quirky eugenicist. On...