Imagining designer deaf babies
Children of the deaf oppose any kind of pre-natal diagnosis Thought experiments with new technologies, and especially new reproductive technologies, are grist for the bioethics...
NFL concussion rules could change football culture
NFL releases new concussion regulations After years of allowing players to return to the field after concussions, the US National Football League announced recently that...
Should patients be forced to participate in clinical trials?
Stem cell scientst calls for mandatory participation A British stem cell scientist has called for mandatory participation in clinical trials because not enough people are...
Quebec to launch euthanasia consultation
Under pressure from Opposition The Quebec government has agreed to reopen the euthanasia debate. It plans to organise travelling consultations about assisted suicide after consulting...
Human dignity under fire again in leading bioethics journal
Animal rights theorist calls for an "undignified bioethics" Ever since bioethicist Ruth Macklin published her famous BMJ article, “Dignity is a Useless Concept”, the notion...
Does bioethics exist?
Maybe not, says American bioethicist Every doctor knows patients who are so disenchanted with the remedies of modern Western medicine that they dabble in an...
Peter Singer on carbon pollution
As bad as nuclear bombs The controversial Australian bioethicist Peter Singer has compared a big carbon footprint with dropping a nuclear bomb on Bangladesh. In...
Are some Dutch having second thoughts about euthanasia?
Minister responsible for the law says it may have been a mistake The Health Minister who shepherded euthanasia through the Dutch Parliament in 2001 is...
Even in Netherlands, euthanasia is still taboo for mental patients
Put mental patients out of their misery, lawyer says Euthanasia has been legal in the Netherlands since 2002. Those suffering from incurable mental illness are...
French Assembly rejects euthanasia
Luc Ferry opposes utilitarian approach A bill to legalise euthanasia under controlled conditions was defeated in the French National Assembly this week by a vote...
Google and Yahoo under attack for sex selection ads
Dispute over scope of law Google and Yahoo are being challenged in India because they display advertising for sex selection clinics. India banned the use...
Cosmetic surgery become feminist demand in US
Controversy over Bo-Tax Entitlement to cosmetic surgery has become a feminist issue, writes New York Times columnist Judith Warner. A provision in the health care...