Does the world need another international treaty to deal with future pandemics?
23 leaders say that the world needs to be prepared Even as nations struggle to cope with Covid-19 catastrophes, 23 world leaders have called for...
3 polyamorous parents listed on child’s birth certificate in British Columbia
A new chapter in the Reproductive Revolution A new chapter in the Reproductive Revolution. A polyamorous “throuple” in British Columbia has succeeded in a legal...
Activist calls for moratorium on publication of Chinese transplant research
He claims that hospitals are killing prisoners for their organs China continues to use executed prisoners to supply its rapidly growing demand for organ transplants,...
‘Public involvement’ needed to pave way for controversial science, say researchers
Voters need to be softened up In October of 2020, Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier were awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their discovery...
At long last, the first issue of the ‘Journal of Controversial Ideas’!
Will articles on bioethics feature prominently in coming issues? More than a year after the launch of the controversial journal, the Journal of Controversial Ideas,...
Ukraine clinic seeks to genetically engineer babies
The Medeus Clinic also offers “complex rejuvenation and life extension” The ever-alert stem cell scientist and blogger Paul Knoepfler has flagged a Ukrainian clinic which...
Do we need an international pandemic treat?
Even as nations struggle to cope with Covid-19 catastrophes, 23 world leaders have called for the adoption of an international pandemic treaty. However noble this...
Planned Parenthood evolves
This was a headline in the New York Times which was sure to catch my eye: “I’m the Head of Planned Parenthood. We’re Done Making...
Planned Parenthood disavows its founder (but not abortion)
But vows to fight racism Planned Parenthood has a founder problem. Margaret Sanger was a racist and a eugenicist. Critics of Planned Parenthood have been...
French novelist Michel Houellebecq won’t submit to euthanasia wave
The controversial writer says that supporters distort the meaning of words Michel Houellebecq (above, with cigarette) is France’s most acclaimed living novelist, a perennial nominee...
‘Trust me. I’m an Expert’
Are all the pronouncements of experts to be trusted? “Not trusting the experts is costing Americans their lives” was a headline in a prominent Australian...
Oregon assisted suicide deaths continue to creep ahead
They now account for 0.61% of all deaths in the state Mt Hood and Trillium Lake in Oregon Here are the latest figures on assisting...