Dutch may create suicide professionals to help over-70s
Petition launched “Wanted: nurse or spiritual caretaker in possession of a Completed Life Certificate to assist suicides.” If a group of elderly grandees in the...
UK doctor censured over “callous” and “dishonest” trial on children
Andrew Wakefield saga draws to closeTwo and a half years of controversy and recrimination peaked at the end of January when Andrew Wakefield, the doctor...
Stem cell scientists’ latest nemesis: each other
Office politics invade scientific research Stem cell research may not be as dispassionate and objective as the public thinks, if a complaint by a group...
IVF boys may inherit infertility
ICSI appears to be problematicThe first evidence that the fathers of test-tube babies may pass on their fertility problems has been discovered in a new...
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Russians debate “postnatal abortion” for disabled
Two mothers fight tabloid journalist’s opinion Two Russian mothers have won the right to rebut a journalist’s argument that handicapped children should be euthanased. Aleksandr...
Catholic care for PVS patients under fire
Compassion and Choices says guidelines are arrogant and stern Catholic healthcare authorities in the United States are coming under fire over revised directives on care...
Tiller killer convicted
Abortion supporters call for an investigation into a conspiracy On January 29, anti-abortion activist Scott Roeder was found guilty of first-degree murder for murdering abortion...
Oscar nomination for film about assisted suicide campaign
How was it nominated? Oscar nominees have often included films which support euthanasia and assisted suicide. This year a documentary short, “The Last Campaign of...
No letters of condolence for US soldier suicides
Official policy since Clinton Administration A surprising debate in the US may shed some light on opposition to assisted suicide and euthanasia. Parents of soldiers...
New wrinkle in stem cell debate
Stanford researchers change cells directly The ethical debate over embryonic stem cells is looking ever more irrelevant to the science. Scientists at the Stanford University...
Consciousness still flickers in some “vegetative” patients
New study with astounding results It’s hard to tell whether it is good news or bad news, but it is exciting news. Researchers in Britain...
