Catholic bioethicists form coalition to lobby against hard lockdowns
The right to religious freedom and the right to visitation are under threat, they claim Catholic and pro-life groups have formed a coalition to lobby...
Japan suicides spike during pandemic
Women have been disproportionately affected More Japanese have died from suicide in October than from Covid-19 in the whole year. "We didn't even have a...
Is the Belgian consensus on euthanasia breaking up?
In northern latitudes the sound of spring begins with the booming of snow-covered ice cracking in frozen rivers. Is something like that happening in Belgium? The European...
Belgian authorities investigating allegedly illegal euthanasia deaths
Two doctors have been interviewed Officials in the Belgian city of Leuven are investigating about ten euthanasia cases which may not have been done legally....
European Parliament condemns Poland’s conservative stand on abortion
Resolution repeats the demands of protesters Europe is ganging up on Poland to get it to support legal abortion. On Thursday the European Parliament strongly...
Marie Stopes’s most famous memorial scrubs her name off the brand
A woman who promoted eugenics is not a great advertisement Just as slavery is the Achilles heel of 19th century institutions, eugenics is the weak...
Will Covid-19 dethrone ‘autonomy’ as the dominant principle of bioethics?
A number of bioethicists believe that more emphasis on solidarity is needed What will bioethics look like after Covid-19? The experience of lockdowns, social isolation,...
Have the Swiss smuggled religion into their constitution?
The 1992 referendum demands respect for the ‘dignity’ of creatures Switzerland has some of the strictest laws in the world for care of animals. Goldfish,...
China breaks up organ-donor racket
A criminal case which saw four doctors jailed is likely to lead to tighter rules on organ donations. Four high-ranking doctors have been jailed in...
Unknown hackers break into database of fertility clinics
The American government regards data security in IVF clinics as a national security issue. Data security at U.S. Fertility, the largest network of fertility clinics...
Dutch doctors cleared to euthanise dementia patients
Dutch doctors will be able to sedate demented patients and then euthanise them, if they have made advance directives, according to new official guidelines. This...
Euthanasia as an option for Canadian nursing home patients who are sick of lockdowns
90-year-old Nancy Russell was just fed up A final family get-together with Nancy Russell / ctvnews.ca This is just one story amongst many but it raises...