Legal abortion for men – not even in Sweden
Why limit abortion rights to women? Why limit abortion rights to women? A Swedish political group aligned with the country’s centrist party has proposed that...
Panel on infant lives meets in Washington
The US Senate Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives met for the first time last week. Professor G. Kevin Donovan of Georgetown University testifying before...
First US womb transplant fails
The first womb transplant to take place in the US has failed – under dramatic circumstances. The first womb transplant to take place in the...
Smoking – licence it or tax it?
In academic discourse the merits of regulating smoking are a forgone conclusion. The question under debate now is how to regulate. In academic discourse the...
David Bowie and palliative care
A British doctor has mixed Bowie nostalgia with a reflection on the importance of palliative care. David Bowie’s impact on British society and culture was...
Bioethics and natural law: an interview with John Keown
An exclusive interview with John Keown, a senior research scholar at Georgetown University's Kennedy Institute of Ethics. Bioethics discourse is often divided into two broad...
Is there a difference between genetic engineering and eugenics?
It is an oft-raised concern that genetic engineering may one day morph into a eugenics movement. It is an oft-raised concern that genetic engineering may...
Peter Singer under fire, again
In an edition of the Journal of Applied Philosophy released this week, several academics discussed Peter Singer’s influential theory of “speciesism”. In an edition of...
The psychology of Trump voters
Oxford academic Neil Levy suggests that “prestige bias” is one factor driving Trump’s rise. Why is Donald Trump faring so well in his campaign to...
Interview: Carrie D. Wolinetz of the NIH on gene editing
In an exclusive interview with BioEdge, Dr. Carrie D. Wolinetz, Associate Director for Science Policy at the National Institutes of Health, discusses the ethical issues...
IVF an “evolutionary experiment” – genetics expert
A leading evolutionary biologist has labelled IVF an “evolutionary experiment” that may have serious effects on children in later life. A leading evolutionary biologist has...
Personhood and moral status: the debate continues
Two insightful articles recently published in the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy may provide much needed clarity in philosophical debates about personhood. Personhood debates have...