Activists use Zika epidemic to press for abortion in Brazil
The abortion debate has been reignited in Brazil amid fears about severe birth defects linked to the Zika virus. A woman in Brazil holds her...
‘No Mas Bebes’
A new documentary tells the story of several mexican women who in the late 1960s and early 1970s were sterilized in US hospitals. A new...
Tables turned on undercover pro-life activists
Pro-life activist David Daleiden has been indicted by a Grand Jury in Harris County, Texas. In a surprise twist to the recent Planned Parenthood controversy,...
CRISPR-mania in China
Dozens, if not hundreds, of Chinese research hubs are using the CRISPR technique on a range of animals. The new CRISPR as a technology only...
Medicos a ‘military target’ in Syria
95% of doctors have fled, been detained or killed in the besieged eastern city of Aleppo. The war in Syria has taken a massive toll...
The case for banning smoking
In an article published this week in the Journal of Medical Ethics, two ethicists make the liberal case for banning smoking. Liberalism has led to...
Some things never change
In spite of promises for reform, the Chinese government is still using the organs of harvested prisoners. Hopes for a reform in China’s organ donation...
Euthanasia debate flares up in Australia
The debate over legalising euthanasia has flared up again in Australia, with both opponents and advocates making spirited contributions. The debate over legalising euthanasia has...
US Supreme Court considers religious exemptions to Obamacare
The US Supreme Court has announced that it will hear another case concerning religious exemptions to the prescriptions laid down by Obamacare. The case in...
Mandating compassion
How are we to achieve a compassionate healthcare system? How are we to achieve a compassionate healthcare system? This question has been posed in various...
Donor conception: 10 years without anonymity
10 years after the end of donor anonymity, UK healthcare analysts are coming to different conclusions about the benefits of the policy. Roughly a decade...
Redefining the rules of war
Medecins San Frontieres has accused the US special forces of “war crimes” after an American AC-130 gunship attacked a field hospital in the northern Afghan...