Minister against “death tourism”
Dignitas meets opposition Switzerland’s Justice Minister, Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, says she wants to end the "death tourism" business by Dignitas, an agency which helps foreigners to...
Colorado to vote on personhood of embryo
Move not favoured by major pro-life organisationsOne of the most contentious issues in modern philosophy is “what is a person”? Are all humans persons? Are...
Beauty and the brain scan
Wellcome Trust bankrolls neuroaesthetics There is an intriguing job vacancy at University College London for a PhD interested in neuroaesthetics. The successful candidate will be...
Utilitarian to head UK ethics institute
John Harris teams up with John Sulston And while we’re grumbling about UK research grants, here’s more news about research grants doled out to radical...
COMMENT: Apes get rights in Spain
O for the glory days of Spanish radicalism. Ah for the glory days of the Left in the Spanish Civil War! There was something mad...
Oregon “guy” gives birth to girl
The Thomas Beatie draws to a close An Oregon man has given birth to a girl. Or at least a woman masquerading as a man...
Fear of a lonely end drives healthy German woman to suicide
Older Germans terrified of nursing homes A healthy 79-year-old German woman has committed suicide with the assistance of a former Hamburg government official who advertises...
Will males become extinct?
Brazilian scientists produce artificial sperm Somewhat tongue in cheek, an Australian bioethicist has suggested that men, like pandas and polar bears, are the new endangered...
How well-adjusted are IVF babies?
Their mums think they are fine; teachers are not so sure The emotional well-being of children conceived through artificial reproductive technology and their families, has...
Is this the world’s oldest mother?
Indian woman gives birth to twins at 70 An Indian woman may have shattered the record for the world’s oldest mother by giving birth at...
IVF parents should do what they’re told, says bioethicist
“Unprofessional” to allow unhealthy babies to be born Utilitarian bioethicists normally seem free-wheeling types who encourage people to create the kind of children they want....
Growing number of American parents reject vaccines
Not on religious grounds, but because they surf the internet To avoid vaccinating your child, would you send your child to a measles party? To...