Can patients enjoy a life of disability?
What a fit and healthy person regards as “acceptable” might not match what a disabled person feels about life. Severe head injuries sometimes require a...
Euthanasia back on the boil in France
Euthanasia is once more on the front page of French newspapers with two high-profile case in the courts. Vincent Lambert Euthanasia is once more...
Fish belong in our moral circle, says Australian researcher
Review of mental ability shows fish are on par with most animals Do you still believe that fish are dumb and cannot feel pain? That...
The big business of Australian IVF
A second Australian IVF company wil float on the stock exchange today. A second Australian IVF company wil float on the stock exchange today. Investment...
An unemployed Czech bioethicist
Hi there, There have been a few moments in my life when I wished that I could speak Czech, which may be the most difficult...
Virginia’s compulsory vasectomy
A Virginia petty criminal has been sentenced to 20 months in prison, three years supervised probation and two years unsupervised probation – and a vasectomy....
US polls send mixed signals on assisted suicide
“Most Americans Are Totally Fine With Euthanasia” was the headline this week in Time magazine over a report on a recent Gallup poll. “Most Americans...
A test for Alzheimer’s will be very disruptive
If an easy diagnostic test for Alzheimer’s Disease is developed, how would this affect people’s lives? In 2009 Judge Karen Williams, chief judge on the...
Scottish rights groups back right to die for children
Taking their cue from Belgium, Scottish groups have tentatively backed voluntary euthanasia for children with terminal illnesses. Taking their cue from Belgium, Scottish lobby groups...
Israel debates assisted suicide
A ministerial committee has approved a bill which would allow doctors to prescribe lethal medication to Israeli citizens with less than six months to live....
Euthanasia legalised in Quebec
Hi there, One of our readers recently complained that BioEdge was running too many articles on surrogacy and euthanasia. I am pleased to announce that...
Belgian deacon arrested over 40 deaths in hospital
News that a Catholic deacon may have euthanased 40 patients has reset the benchmark for weirdness. Reporting weird tales about Belgian euthanasia is a crowded...