Who succeeds to the British throne if the queen is a lesbian?
In a debate in the House of Lords over ensuring that a first-born daughter of the Duke of Cambridge could become queen, a peer asked...
Two US legislatures favour radical abortion restrictions
More battles on the abortion front in the US in North Dakota and Arkansas. More battles on the abortion front in the US. North Dakota...
Progress for Muslim bioethics
Muslim bioethics has failed to keep abreast of rapid advances in medical science, writes Abdulaziz Sachedina, of George Mason University, in the blog Contending Modernities.Muslim...
New pope unlikely to change bioethics stand
Judging from his 2011 book Sobre Cielo y Tierra, the new Pope's stand on bioethical issues is fully in sync with his predecessors. New Pope...
Suicide deaths rise in Australia after promotion of illegal drugs
More and more Australians are importing the illegal lethal drug pentobarbitone from overseas as a way of committing suicide. More and more Australians are importing...
The gamete market comes Down Under
An Australian fertility clinic, Monash IVF, has taken the radical step of importing eggs from the US, at a cost of A$19,000 per package.Faced with...
When doctors are dictators
Hi there, Our lead story today is (I confess) a bit dated, but nonetheless important. It concerns a female gynaecologist and government minister in the...
Indian gynaecologist jailed for organising massacre of Muslims
One of the more fundamental and easily grasped obligations of the ethical obligations of a doctor is not to incite people to mass murder. However,...
Tasmania to liberalize abortion law
The Australian state of Tasmania is to liberalise its abortion law. The Australian state of Tasmania is to liberalise its abortion law. Health Minister Michelle...
Swiss healthcare worker posts images of corpse on Facebook
An unidentified aged care worker in Switzerland has been charged after posting pictures on Facebook sitting next to the corpse of an old woman. In...
UN report reframes bioethics as anti-torture ethic
A new United Nations report frames number of bioethical questions as issues of torture, giving a new twist to a number of controversial issues.A new...
Iron bars do not a prison make
The UK wants to ban prisoners from accessing government-funded fertility treatment while they are behind bars. The UK wants to ban prisoners from accessing government-funded...