Belgian euthanasia is broken, says academic study
Every once in a while, a bioethics article appears which is so powerful an indictment of injustice that it sends shivers up the spines of...
Michigan doctor may have fathered ‘thousands’ of children
In a 40-year career, he secretly donated sperm to infertile patients Dr Philip Peven with one of his donor sperm children, Jamie Hall / Jaime Hall/SWNS...
NEJM study questions conventional wisdom on dying process
It’s not always 'flatlining' A new international study in New England Journal of Medicine, documents the physiology of the dying process. More than 600 families...
UN experts alarmed at growing trend for ‘right to die’
'Disability should never be a ground or justification to end someone’s life directly or indirectly.' Photo by Zhuo Cheng you on Unsplash This week UN...
Ireland’s politicians are debating ‘dying with dignity’
Should people die on their own terms? Photo by K. Mitch Hodge on Unsplash Ireland’s journey down the path of progressive social legislation is proceeding...
Hawaii seeks to liberalise assisted dying two years after legalisation
But only one report has been published Back in 2018 Assisted dying was legalised in Hawaii in 2018 and became operative on January 1, 2019....
Bioethics if you’re ‘famous for being famous’
Paris Hilton wants twins “Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and...
Is abortion for Down Syndrome ‘eugenics’?
One doctor says Yes Aborting a child because tests show that he will have Down Syndrome is often described by its opponents as “eugenics”. This...
Should Biden appoint his own bioethics commission?
New York City Bar Association urges him to re-establish a commission of experts Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama all appointed expert...
“To feed the ambition in your heart is like carrying a tiger under your arm.”
He Jiankui, the Chinese biophysics researcher who announced in 2018 that he had created the world’s first gene-edited babies, was sentenced to three years in...
Chinese actress dumped by Prada after she dumped her two surrogate babies
Zheng Shuang reviled on social media Chinese actress Zheng Shuang in her brief time as a Prada ambassador Bioethical standards are loose and murky in...
How many embryos are frozen in China’s IVF clinics?
Another example of the insoluble dilemma Over 200,000 IVF babies are born in China every year. This means that millions of embryos may be frozen...