Surrogacy: nice work if you can get it
More from the booming surrogate mother industry. A Philadelphia company is raising eyebrows by describing gestational surrogacy as a paying job. An email from Surrogate...
Is intellectual disability a reason to deny an organ transplant?
A 3-year-old girl who was allegedly denied an opportunity for a kidney transplant because she was “mentally retarded” has sparked a debate in the US...
As simple as 2+2
Hi there, Thank God that journalism is not a trade that requires credentials or I would be out of a job. A little literary ability,...
Are 98% of UK abortions “technically illegal”?
The keenness of British journalists to score exclusives and to run down the last details of stories are legendary – or at least they are...
Celebrating the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Hi there, It may have escaped your notice, but today, December 3, is International Day of Persons with Disabilities. It has been overshadowed by World...
Taiwan to destroy millions of tissue samples
Millions of biomedical samples in Taiwan could soon be destroyed because they were obtained without proper informed consent. According to a recent law, all specimens...
Michael Jackson’s doctor gets four years in jail
The personal physician to deceased pop star Michael Jackson has been sentenced to four years imprisonment for involuntary manslaughter. Jackson died in 2009 from an...
Does the slippery slope to euthanasia make sense?
Two words guaranteed to spark derision on a blog are Slippery and Slope. They are dismissed with either a smirk as a hoary old chesnut,...
Completed lives: a Dutch explanation
The concept of a “completed life” which deserves voluntary euthanasia is a controversial one. The Dutch group Of Free Will , which is campaigning for...
Budapest police probe suspicious hospital deaths
Hungarian police have launched an investigation into 70 suspicious deaths at a Budapest hospital following claims that patients were given lethal drug overdoses. Hungarian police...
Brother, can you spare some time?
New Zealand writer-director made one of the all-time classic bioethics films, Gattaca, about the pursuit of genetic perfection. His latest is a thriller about life...
The forgotten debate fizzles out
Hi there, I must admit that I have never been a fan of using human embryonic stem cells. I have serious ethical reservations and from...