Bruce/Caitlyn Jenner. Assisted suicide in California
The big story in the tabloids this week was the transformation of Bruce Jenner, decathlon gold medalist and reality TV star, into Caitlyn Jenner. When...
California moves closer to passing assisted suicide bill
A bill passed in the State Senate by a vote of 23 to 14.California Senate California is now one step closer to legalising assisted...
The other California girl in a video about assisted suicide
After Brittany Maynard comes Stephanie Packer. But she wants to live. Brittany Maynard’s story continues to reverberate in California’s debate about assisted suicide. However, opponents...
Belgian euthanasia under fire again
Belgians should be alarmed by the deliberate shortening of lives of some patients without their explicit voluntary request. A leading academic has published a stinging...
Not nature OR nurture but nature AND nurture
It's roughly 50/50, say researchers. One of the enduring questions of biology – whether our health is governed by nature or nurture – has been...
New Pope. Old song.
No sign of relaxing Catholic views under Francis. The single most influential individual in bioethics, for better or worse, as he has as many fans...
What the world needs is young dads
An article in the Journal of Medical Ethics questions the ethics of older fatherhood A couple of years ago, PETA, the radical animal welfare organization,...
White House backs review of gene-editing technology. Peter Singer on speciesism.
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White House backs review of gene-editing technology
International conference planned for autumn. The Obama Administration has backed calls for an in-depth ethical review of gene-editing technology. This move came swiftly after Chinese...
Ever the controversialist: Peter Singer on speciesism
Is speciesism worse than racism? In a certain sense, yes, says the doyen of utilitarian philosophers. Is speciesism worse than racism? In a certain sense,...
British mum tells of perils of surrogacy
Wendy Reid wanted to bring happiness to another couple. But everything went wrong. Another dispatch from New Frontiers of Reproduction, this time from Britain. This...
Thalidomide scandal continues to reverberate
A new book makes explosive claims about the business ethics of the Australian distributor of ThalidomideLyn Rowe was born in 1962 in Melbourne with no...