Are Nigerian prisoners in China being killed for their organs?
Although it has produced no hard evidence, a Nigerian NGO fears that some Nigerians in Chinese jails have been killed for their organs. The head...
Transgender medicine in the US accelerates
The cause of transgender rights received a moral boost this week when US President Joe Biden again proclaimed March 31 as Transgender Day of Visibility....
France slams on transgender brakes
While the Biden Administration has uncritically embraced the necessity of “gender-affirmative” medicine for American adolescents, other countries are slamming on the brakes. In France the...
Italy on the brink of legalising assisted suicide
Italy has moved closer to the legalisation of assisted suicide. The lower house of parliament voted for a new law -- by 253 votes to...
Conscientious objection is ‘indefensible’, says WHO
The latest abortion care guidelines from the World Health Organization severely criticise conscientious objection (CO) as a major obstacle to making abortion freely available. “Conscientious...
Oregon’s ‘death with dignity’ stats need to be examined
Oregon was the first American state to pass a right-to-die, back in 1996. Since then, its legislation has become a template for assisted suicide legislation...
West Virginia bans Down syndrome abortions
The US state of West Virginia has banned abortion of foetuses with Down syndrome and other disabilities. . The “Unborn Child with Down Syndrome Protection...
‘Happy and healthy’ American sisters die in Swiss suicide clinic
Two middle-aged American sisters died in a Swiss suicide clinic in Basel, on February 11. Lila Ammouri, a 54-year-old palliative care doctor, and Susan Frazier,...
US scientists claim that they can scan the whole genome of an IVF embryo
A California company claims that it can read nearly the entire genome of an early embryo after extracting a single cell. In an article in...
Transhumanism under the microscope
Transhumanism is – to put it mildly – controversial. But its futuristic ideas are compelling and intriguing. Some of its advocates (like Elon Musk) are...
When fertility management becomes big business
It’s a commonplace of science journalism that ethics cannot keep pace with technology. As far as assisted reproduction goes, ethics cannot keep pace with business....
Bioethics after Ukraine
In a thoughtful essay in The Hastings Center blog, Jonathan Moreno, a leading bioethicist, reflects on how bioethics will change after the war in Ukraine....