Hundreds of medical journals call for climate change policies to protect health
More than 230 medical journals have put climate change at the top of the world’s health agenda as the November COP26 climate conference in Glasgow...
Biden mandates vaccination of 100 million American workers
US President Joe Biden is mandating the vaccination of 100 American million workers. In a forceful speech on Thursday, he said that all companies with...
What do we owe victims of dementia or brain injury?
New York Times ethicist suggests, not much Jean-Pierre Adams and his wife Bernadette / Affrik.com Dementia is on track to becoming a growth area in...
Biden begins his ‘all of government’ response to restrictive Texas abortion law
Attorney-General denounces the law as ‘clearly unconstitutional’
Mexican Supreme Court declares that anti-abortion laws are unconstitutional
Ruling for all women and pregnant persons Screenshot / Al Jazeera Mexico's Supreme Court has ruled that criminal penalties for abortions are unconstitutional. Its ruling...
What turns ordinary people into torturers?
Torturers are made, not born, researchers conclude Article 5 of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: “No one shall be subjected to...
Danish ethicist opposes euthanasia in BMJ
A former chair of the Danish Council of Ethics has published a broadside on legalised euthanasia in The BMJ. Ole Hartling, a doctor, author and...
‘A pure act of altruism’: organ donation after euthanasia
Dutch physicians argue for at-home euthanasia before retrieving organs Organ donation after euthanasia is possible in the Netherlands, Belgium and Canada. However, it still is...
The Lone Star State and abortion
American supporters of abortion feel as though they are marching through the plains of Armageddon after SCOTUS failed to quash a Texas law which effectively...
Is Roe v Wade at risk after SCOTUS declined to void Texas heartbeat bill?
Reports of its death are premature The US Supreme Court has declined to hear a challenge to a Texas law which bans abortions after a...
Pete Buttigieg and partner welcome twins
Have they been adopted or did the gay couple engage a surrogate? A member of President Joe Biden’s cabinet and his partner have acquired two...
Biden Administration to launch an ‘Apollo mission’ to defeat future pandemics
US will spend $65 billion The Biden Administration has announced a US$65 billion plan to prepare for the next pandemic. “There is a reasonable likelihood...