Is China forcibly sterilizing Uyghur women?
Probably, but it’s not mentioned in their propaganda videos Reports of bioethical atrocities against Uyghurs in China’s Xinjiang territory are hard to verify, but consistent...
Another American state legalises assisted suicide
The right-to-die is advancing in the US. New Mexico finally legalised assisted suicide this week, making it the 11th American jurisdiction. However, in France and...
New Mexico legalises assisted suicide
Compassion & Choices is cock-a-hoop New Mexico has become the 11th American jurisdiction with assisted suicide. On Thursday, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed the Elizabeth...
Vaccine passports spark controversy
Scientists, doctors, politicians and business at sixes and sevens Next stop in the coronavirus pandemic: vaccine passports. Rutgers University, the largest public college in New...
UK research review is sceptical of medical treatment for gender dysphoria
The evidence for puberty blockers and gender-affirming hormones is of ‘low quality’ The biggest controversy in medicine at the moment is the appropriate treatment of...
‘Dignity in dying’ legislation fails in France and Latvia
Delaying tactics kill bill in French Parliament France: A bill to legalise euthanasia was smothered by delaying tactics in the French Parliament this week. The...
Brain organoids give rise to novel ethical complications
Could we create a ‘Planet of the Apes’? Uh-oh! Something went wrong.... Stem cell research has allowed medicine to go places that were once science...
Knock-on effects of same-sex marriage continue
The definitions of adultery and intercourse have to be modified The legal consequences of same-sex marriage are still working themselves out. Now that sex is...
The co-parenting trend
The bizarre phenomenon of platonic co-parenting seems to be increasingly popular. In fact, a TV network in the UK has created a reality show based on...
Mum and dad lite: parenting without sex, romance, co-habitation or marriage
A ‘new phenomenon picking up speed’ A first date in 'Strangers Making Babies' Amongst the myriad new family forms springing up as traditional marriage loses...
Tasmania becomes third Australian state to pass euthanasia
The new law will come into effect next year Cradle Mountain National Park, in Tasmania Tasmania has passed euthanasia, or voluntary assisted dying (VAD), legislation,...
Dutch euthanasia criticised in leading medical journal
The slippery slope is real, says an American doctor JAMA Internal Medicine hosted a fiery debate about Dutch euthanasia this week. Geriatrician Diane Meier, of...