First compensation claim for compulsory sterilisation in Japan
A reminder of a dark eugenic pastOld documents related to Japan's Eugenic Protection Law A Japanese woman in her 60s is planning to sue the...
Is a dementia patient two different people?
If so, how can the present person bind the future person through an advance directive?from 'Reflections of the Past', a photo series by Tom Hussey ...
UK Parliament to debate conscientious objection
A website, the Free Conscience Campaign, launched to back bill Baroness O'Loan, former Police Ombudsman in Northern Ireland A Northern Ireland peer has introduced a...
Another stem cell fraud in Japan
Nobel Prize laureate Shinya Yamanaka takes the blame for a subordinateNobel Prize winner Shinya Yamanaka has been dragged into a case of stem cell research...
British surgeon censured for branding patients’ livers
"An abuse of power and a betrayal of trust," says judgeDr Simon Bramhall A British surgeon who branded the livers of two of his...
Rebel doctors and hospitals still targeted by Assad regime
Reports of a dramatic increase in attacks on medical facilities Syrian medical facilities have experienced a dramatic increase in attacks, particularly in opposition-controlled areas of Hama...
Singapore and gay parents. France debates bioethics. Dutch euthanasia dissent.
“So much has been done; more, far more, will I achieve; treading in the steps already marked, I will pioneer a new way, explore unknown...
Singapore sticks with old-fashioned parenting model
A gay couple’s request to adopt the child of an American surrogate mother is refusedA gay couple has created a conundrum for the Singaporean government...
France opens national bioethics debate
Discussion is sure to be passionate and highly political.This week France launched a six-month long national consultation on hot-button bioethical issues. The results, involving scientists,...
Dissent in Dutch euthanasia bureaucracy
How do you know if a patient is suffering unbearably?A medical ethicist has resigned from a Dutch regional assessment committee for euthanasia over a law...
Trump burnishes his pro-life credentials at DC rally
The latest step in a long evolution President Trump at a live broadcast from the Rose Garden / New York Times If anyone were in doubt...
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