The scary advance of gendercide in Nepal
Rates of sex-selective abortion in Nepal are incredibly high, even though the practice is technically prohibited and hardly ever mentioned in Western media. In these...
Researchers grow organ in petri dish
Australian Researchers have managed to grow a mini-kidney in a laboratory Australian Researchers have managed to grow a mini-kidney in a laboratory, opening the possibility...
Ten British women to receive womb transplants
The UK’s Health Research Authority has given the green light for ten British women to receive womb transplants The UK’s Health Research Authority has given...
No right to patent a gene, Australian court rules
The High Court of Australia has ruled that Myriad Genetics does not have the right to patent the BRCA1 breast cancer gene. The High Court...
Planned Parenthood to stop receiving payments for foetal tissue
The US reproductive health organisation Planned Parenthood has announced that it will no longer accept any form of reimbursement for supplying foetal tissue. Cecile Richards,...
Euthanasia on the rise in Netherlands
Deaths by euthanasia in the Netherlands increased by 10% in 2014 according to a new report. Deaths by euthanasia in the Netherlands increased by 10%...
Good will hits a church-state barrier in US
On Oct 1st the ACLU filed a lawsuit against Trinity Health Corporation – one of the largest Catholic healthcare providers in the US.After a brief...
A dignified debate, but no ground made on dignity
A recent exchange in the Journal of Medical Ethics may have caught the eye of some of our readers. A recent exchange in the Journal...
Vulnerability: a new principle in bioethics?
A new article by Duquesne bioethicist Henk ten Have explores the import of vulnerability for contemporary bioethics. Vulnerability has received significant attention in Anglophone philosophy...
Animal research ethics in question
A new edition of the Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics contains several thought-provoking articles on the ethics of animal research. Animal research – the use...
Approved anti-depressant deemed unsafe
The widely prescribed anti-depressant Paxil has been found by researchers to be neither safe nor effective for the treatment of depression. The widely prescribed anti-depressant...
Dutch right-to-die group promotes euthanasia in schools
The Dutch Voluntary End of Life Association (NVVE) is rolling out is latest project to bolster public support and acceptance of euthanasia – a school...