Torture: sometimes a man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do, say bioethicists
Three bioethicists who give a tick to torture. Torture is an issue on which the public might expect bioethicists to be moral absolutists. Never again!...
No longer anonymous in Germany
The German Supreme Court has ruled that children of any age may request the identity of their biological father. The days of anonymous sperm donation...
FGM convictions: Egypt 1, England 0
15 cases a day, and not one single doctor has been convicted in England. For the first time ever, an Egyptian doctor has been convicted...
Sex-selective abortion: I’m OK with that, says UK academic
Sex-selective abortion is almost universally reviled. Almost. Sex-selective abortion is almost universally reviled – by opponents of abortion because it kills an unborn child and...
Summer school in bioethics in Manhattan
The Global Bioethics Initiative is offering a bioethics programme this summer. Interested in getting an overview of bioethics? A Manhattan-based NGO, the Global Bioethics Initiative,...
Stereotypes
There is an apocryphal story of an advertisement placed in the matrimonial pages of a North India newspaper: "Family seeks homely, attractive, convent-educated girl for...
Animal welfare abuses exposed at Nebraska research farm
The Obama Administration has reacted swiftly to a scathing report on animal welfare at a Federal government laboratory in Nebraska Cows grazing at the U.S....
“Virginity tests” unethical, says South African physician
While virginity tests for unmarried women have been universally regarded as unethical in Western countries, the practice is spreading in immigrant communities. While virginity tests...
UK scientists call for debate on designer babies
Novel techniques of editing the genome have inspired some British scientists to call for a public debate on designer babies. Novel techniques of editing the...
The ethics of skin colour stereotypes
In many countries, especially South Asia, a preference for lighter skin predates European colonialism. At the intersection of marketing and bioethics is the issue of...
Dutch euthanasia clinic has knuckles rapped over tinnitus death
Third time in a year for the Levenseindekliniek in The Hague. A Dutch end-of-life clinic has been reprimanded for the third time in a year...
French parliament begins debate on euthanasia
President Francois Hollande and the prime minister, Manuel Valls, both support liberalising the law. The French parliament opened a long-awaited debate on euthanasia this week....