Divergent approaches to treating Ebola
How to deal with the Ebola outbreak in West Africa seems to be splitting bioethicists. How to deal with the Ebola outbreak in West Africa...
War in Gaza prompts war in The Lancet
The war between Hamas in Gaza and Israel has been treated very gingerly by most of the major medical journals. Except The Lancet. The war...
Iran to boost birth rate by banning birth control
Iran is to ban vasectomies and female sterilization in an effort to reverse its plummeting birth rate Iran is to ban vasectomies and female sterilization...
Dawkins disses Down syndrome babies
Dawkins is in hot water again after asserting on Twitter that it is “immoral” to allow Down Syndrome babies to be born. @InYourFaceNYer Abort it...
Who is most vulnerable?
A fascinating article in the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy argues that rich white men are also vulnerable to euthanasia. who is more susceptible to...
The reports of our deaths have been greatly exaggerated
Hi there, An obituary of Mark Twain once appeared before his demise. When asked about this by the press, his characteristically wry response was “the...
Australia could recognise multiple parents
Australian law could be revised to allow more than one parent, if recommendations in a major report are accepted by the government. Australian law could...
Paolo and Francesca’s IVF mix-up
An Italian judge has settled a bitter custody battle for IVF twins by awarding them to the birth mother. An Italian judge has settled a...
Thailand moves to ban surrogacy
The new Thai military government is moving swiftly to crush the lucrative surrogacy industry. The new Thai military government is moving swiftly to crush the...
“Cordon sanitaire” drawn around Ebola victims
Extraordinary measures are needed on a massive scale to contain the outbreak, says WHO. Bioethical debates about whether to administer an experimental drug for Ebola...
UK father of 58 children sentenced
The achievement for which he will go down in history is siring 58 children by women desperate to become pregnant by donor insemination. Gennadij Raivich,...
Edinburgh to host bioethics film festival
The 10th International Biomedical Ethics Film Festival will deal with the moral status of the human embryo. Is the human embryo just a pile of...