Entering an era of geriatric bioethics
Hi there, I wonder if the next frontier in the practical side of bioethics will be elder care. With the number and proportion of over-65s...
Nature backs mitochondrial transfer
The world’s most prestigious science journal, Nature, has thrown its weight behind the legalisation of “three-parent embryos”. The world’s most prestigious science journal, Nature, has...
Ohio man ordered not to father children
Are anti-procreation orders constitutional in the United States? A case in Ohio is working its way to the state Supreme Court.Judge James Walther addresses Asim...
Study tour of Auschwitz outrages Jewish organisation
News that the chairman of the Belgian government’s euthanasia control commission has organised a study tour of Auschwitz has outraged a leading Jewish organisation. News...
British 9-year-olds to be prepped for sex change surgery
British children as young as nine are eligible to board the train for a sex reassignment surgery, according to the Mail on Sunday. British children...
Should doctors take part in executions?
It is unethical for American physicians to participate in executions, according to a commentary in the Journal of the American Medical Association. It is unethical...
Embargo on lethal drug stops executions and assisted suicides in US
A shortage of a lethal drug is stopping both executions and assisted suicide in the United States. A shortage of a lethal drug is stopping...
What kind of pizza do you want with your baby?
Hi there, First, a couple of self-referential issues. We have changed our commenting software to Disqus, a popular and robust add-on which is used on...
Fertility awareness campaigns backfire
The unintended consequence of vigorous campaigns to remind women that their fertility declines with age may be a rise in the number of abortions among...
China’s oldest mother
She gave birth to twins at 60 after IVF treatment. Here’s a story which draws together some of the hottest topics in the bioethics of...
US bioethics commission calls for ethics education in neuroscience
Calling for the integration of ethics into neuroscience, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues this week released the first of two volumes...
Leading figure in Belgian euthanasia to tour Auschwitz
The head of Belgium’s euthanasia oversight commission, Dr Wim Distelmans, will lead a study tour of Auschwitz in October. The head of Belgium’s euthanasia oversight...