British House of Lords debates plastinated bodies exhibitions
‘The commercial exploitation of body parts in all its forms is surely unethical and unsavoury’ A bill has been introduced into the British House of...
Bioethicist could be next head of FDA
Ezekiel Emanuel is being floated as the Biden Administration’s choice The name of controversial bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel is being floated as the Biden Administration’s choice...
A utilitarian’s Apocalypse?
What if extinction is the best option on offer? Gerard Butler sees extinction coming / 'Greenland' Australia’s most erudite columnist is probably Henry Ergas, an...
Australian fertility clinics complain about ‘sperm drought’
Women are resorting to informal channels Australian fertility clinics are reporting a “sperm drought”. According to a feature on ABC News, “With travel plans delayed...
Bollywood tackles surrogacy
A Hindi-language film combines song and dance with social issues. This is more in the ”just for fun” category than bioethics: a Bollywood film about...
Can we trust medical research?
The middle of the Covid-19 pandemic is not an auspicious moment to cast doubt upon the reliability of scientific research. However, writing in a BMJ blog,...
Should all medical research be regarded as ‘untrustworthy’?
A former editor of The BMJ says Yes The middle of the Covid-19 pandemic is not an auspicious moment to cast doubt upon the reliability...
A star is born: ‘dignity neuroscience’
‘Universal rights are based on fundamental features of human brain structure, function, and development’ The Code of Hammurabi. The Ten Commandments. The Beatitudes. The Magna...
The puzzling trajectory of support for assisted suicide in the UK
Is it rising or falling? Another poll in the United Kingdom and another dispute about how to interpret it. According to a press release from...
‘Everything went fine’: a new French film about assisted suicide
The ethical issues have become passé Another film promoting assisted suicide, this time from France: Tout S'Est Bien Passé (Everything Went Fine). It’s an art-house...
Is there a vaccine against fake news and misinformation?
Possibly not – for educated people Much of the media is taken up with how close vaccines are to bringing the Covid-19 pandemic to a...
American Medical Association wants ‘sex’ dropped from birth certificates
It may sound ‘woke’ but this document has always been contested People are easily polarised by birth certificates. In Pink News, an LGBT website, the...