Euthanasia in the Netherlands
Foreign observers might have the impression that it is always open season for euthanasia in the Netherlands. Not so. While the guidelines are elastic and...
Netherlands euthanasia 1: the fundamentalists
Foreign observers might have the impression that it is always open season for euthanasia in the Netherlands. Not so. While the guidelines are elastic and...
Netherlands euthanasia 2: the public prosecutor objects
Turf war over regulation of doctors who help people die Photo by Catalina Fedorova on Unsplash The Dutch public prosecutor department and regional euthanasia review...
Ireland sidesteps ‘assisted dying’ debate – for now
An MP’s bill has been dismissed on technical grounds Gino Kenny in a debate over 'assisted dying' / screenshot Newstalk “Assisted dying” is a live issue...
Kodokushi: Japan’s problem with the old and isolated
The ethics of pressuring the elderly to have wearable devices Memories One consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic in Japan appears to be an increase in...
Policy shift in Finland for gender dysphoria treatment
Experts are sceptical about the evidence base for puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash The international activist group SEGM, the...
A cyborg future may come earlier than we think
Along with serious ethical issues Surpassing the biological limitations of the brain and using the mind to control electronic devices may sound like the distant...
Advance directive implants
Logan’s Run is a 1976 sci fi film which has not stood the test of time. “Terminally silly” and “aggressively tedious” are words used by...
Another solution for dementia: ‘advance directive implants’
Modelled on Norplant contraceptive implants No doubt you have heard of “advance directives” – guidelines for carers, guardians or doctors on what do to in...
WHO gives in-principle endorsement to human genome editing
However, it needs strict regulation Two reports released this week by the World Health Organization (WHO) offer a pathway to establish human genome editing as...
Right-to-die in Scotland: People in glass houses, etc
The founder of Dignity in Dying was an unabashed eugenicist The argumentum ad hominem is widely regarded as the worst of arguments, but, you know,...
Male mice give birth in bizarre Chinese experiment
A surgical solution to transwomen gestating children is unlikely to catch on We missed this one during the BioEdge editor’s break. Scientists in China have...