Is it morally wrong to take a life? Not really, say bioethicists
Is it morally wrong to kill people? Not really, argue two eminent American bioethicists in an early online article in the Journal of Medical Ethics....
Doctors call for a moratorium on donation after cardiac death
Is that rustling in the bushes a deer or my brother? What the hell. We’ll sort it out later… BANG! Most people would regard moral...
The bioethics of intellectual disability
Hi there, We are back from holidays. My apologies to a few new subscribers who received a polite automated note asking how they liked BioEdge...
Massachusetts judge ordered forced abortion and sterilization of mentally ill woman
It is difficult to imagine a case better scripted for a discussion of informed consent than Mary Moe’s Massachusetts abortion. It is difficult to imagine...
Cosmetic surgery industry under fire after implant scandal
The UK’s cosmetic surgery industry is under fire in the wake of the liquidation of a French company which made faulty breast implants. For a...
Is pregnancy unethical? Yes, says UK bioethicist
Here is contrarian bioethics at its best. Pregnancy and childbirth are so painful, risky and socially restrictive for women that public funding should urgently be...
Canadian journal calls for curbs on aborting girls
After a long legal and political debate leading up to a decision by its Supreme Court in 1988, Canada has ended up as one of...
Controversial UK commission backs assisted suicide
The UK should legalise assisted suicide, says a report by a private group headed by former lord chancellor Lord Falconer.The UK should legalise assisted suicide,...
We have to try harder, say Belgian euthanasia doctors. We’re only #2
Remember the Avis Rent-a-Car commercials from the 1960s? Maybe not. Anyhow, they tripled the company’s market share with the slogan, “Avis Is Only No. 2,...
Merry Christmas
Hi there, We wish all of our readers a very Happy Christmas and send our best wishes for the New Year. I realise that many...
Looking for films about bioethics?
Hey, this is pretty cool: an annotated list of dramas and documentaries about bioethical topics at the Scottish Council on Human Bioethics (SCHB). It was...
US to curtail chimpanzee research after report
Given that chimpanzees are so closely related to us, American researchers should allow them to be used in biomedical research only under stringent conditions, says...