Why Dutch doctors are reporting fewer euthanised infants
The notorious Groningen Protocol is rarely being used. Doctors in the Netherlands are permitted to give infants under 1 year a lethal injection if it...
Former Anglican head backs assisted suicide
A “profoundly Christian and moral thing”, according to Lord Carey. The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, has appeared in a video made by the...
A look at the risks of egg donation
Documentary focuses on risks for altruistic donors “Maggie’s Story” is the fourth in a series of videos about “eggsploitation”, the dark side of egg donation....
Parents sue over intersex surgery
They allege that their adopted child was unable to give consent to genital reconstruction. Pam and Mark Crawford In a first-of-its-kind lawsuit, a South...
Remembering Nagasaki
A survivor prays at Nagasaki I am afraid that the newsletter is late. I hope that we will return to our normal schedule next...
Has “conservative bioethics” failed?
A decade after the great stem cell debates, America is still "liberal" The hullabaloo over sting videos of Planned Parenthood officials discussing the price of...
Nitschke’s comedy act a damp squib
DAVID BARTHOLOMEW / The Telegraph Judging from early reviews of Australian euthanasia activist Dr Philip Nitschke’s sally into stand-up comedy, he should stick...
Nepalese men who sold kidneys are destitute after earthquake
Claims that they are too weak to work and rebuild their homesKidney vendors in Nepal exhibit their scars Although an article from the Kathmandu...
Disdain for bioethics ignites controversy
Steven Pinker's combative op-ed prompted many comments Harvard star performer and leading American public intellectual Steven Pinker has set the cat amongst the bioethicists. In...
Swiss court refuses to recognise surrogacy
Women and children are not commodities. Switzerland’s highest court has refused to recognise surrogacy. The Federal Court, which sits in Lausanne, was reviewing a case...
Court tussle over right to euthanase Dutch woman with dementia
The first time that an institution has refused to allow a patient to be given a lethal injection. Sorry, we missed this euthanasia story from...
Incoming World Medical Association head under a corruption cloud
But Indian urologist says he is completely innocent. Ketan Desai after his hearing at a courthouse in Lucknow on June 27 The World Medical...