California could liberalise conditions for assisted suicide
California’s End of Life Option Act, which regulates assisted suicide, passed in 2015 and became operative on June 9, 2016. Like legislation in other states, California’s...
Canadian father fights to stop autistic daughter from accessing MAID
A Calgary man has won a temporary stay of the euthanasia of his 27-year-old daughter who is suffering from autism. According to a report in CBC...
France incorporates abortion into its constitution
France has become the first country in the world to guarantee a right to abortion in its constitution. Lawmakers in a joint sitting of the...
Ukrainian man sells suicide powders on the internet from a flat in Kyiv
A Ukrainian man from Kyiv has been sending parcels of suicide powder to the United Kingdom since at least 2020 and an estimated 130 people...
Thailand to reopen international surrogacy market
Thailand is planning to reverse course and legalise surrogacy for foreigners, nine years after it banned it. "If the bill passes, it will be the first...
Euthanasia cases increased by 15% in Belgium in 2023
More than 3,400 Belgians were euthanised in 2023 – a 15% increase over 2022. Statistics released by the Federal Control and Evaluation Commission for Euthanasia reveal that...
Leaked files from transgender ‘experts’ show callous disregard for medical ethics
Newly leaked files from within the leading global transgender healthcare body have revealed that the clinicians who shape how “gender medicine” is regulated and practiced...
Is diversity of opinion at risk in medical journals?
A couple of years ago, a new editor was appointed to one of the world’s leading medical journals, JAMA, or the Journal of the American...
US politicians wary of endorsing IVF decision by Alabama court
Politicians are pushing back against the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling that frozen IVF embryos are “extrauterine children”. Doctors say that this will make IVF almost...
UK parliament report on ‘assisted dying’ refuses to take sides
A long-anticipated report from the British Parliament on “assisted dying” has not made any dramatic recommendations, to the dismay of supporters and relief of opponents. The inquiry...
Iran is becoming a cosmetic surgery powerhouse
A steep rise in cosmetic surgery in Iran is worrying doctors. “The authentic Iranian face is being distorted through invasive procedures,” Babak Nikoumaram, chair of...
Is ‘heightism’ the last socially acceptable prejudice?
You may remember Robert Reich, Secretary of Labor from 1993 to 1997 in the cabinet of President Bill Clinton. His distinguished career included being a Rhodes Scholar,...