If you cannot remember a crime, should you be executed for it?
A prisoner on death row in Alabama may not remember a murder he committed in 1985 On April 18, 1985 Vernon Madison shot an Alabama...
UK govt bodies clash over transgender fertility treatment
Human rights versus bottom line A government human rights agency in the UK plans to sue the government health service for not helping transgender patients...
Documentary makes powerful plea for open access publishing
Many academics do not understand how the system worksNothing warms the cockles of the heart like righteous outrage, so quite a few readers of BioEdge...
A dreadful weekend
It has been a dreadful weekend. On Saturday Collingwood lost the AFL Grand Final to the West Coast Eagles – in the last five minutes....
What are the ethical complications of a womb transplant?
Have you ever considered a black market in uteruses? In 2014, the first child to have been gestated in a donated uterus was born in...
Forget about those split infinitives: editors can have heavy moral responsibilities
What if the publication of research could be dangerous? Cast study 1: A recent Danish study found that antibiotics could be useful for treating the...
Editor bans religious arguments from bioethics journal
Only public-reason-based arguments cut the mustard The editor of Developing World Bioethics, Udo Schüklenk, has decided to ban from his journal any articles whose assumptions...
Is it immoral to watch football?
It is not inherent violence but a culture of violence around the sport that is troublingFor a large swath of Americans, fall means football. But,...
Help needed!
We have a very varied selection of articles this week, ranging from arguments for child euthanasia in Canada, digital smart pills and child transgender affirmation....
Canada laying groundwork for child euthanasia
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Canada laying groundwork for child euthanasia
It is still banned, but the government is looking at its options Euthanasia, or “medical aid in dying”, was authorised by Canada’s Supreme Court in...
Affirm transgender kids, says American Academy of Pediatrics
No reason to question their gender choiceTransgender children should be affirmed by their doctors, their families and society, says the American Academy of Pediatrics in...