Arkansas Senate passes expanded medical conscience law
Opposed by LGBTQ+ lobby The Arkansas Senate has passed Senate Bill 289, the "Medical Ethics and Diversity Act" which enlarges the scope for conscientious objection...
The Pope’s homeland, Argentina, has legalized abortion
It could have a domino effect on other Latin American countries Abortion activists celebrate in Buenos Aires After a marathon debate, on December 30, the...
European Parliament condemns Poland’s conservative stand on abortion
Resolution repeats the demands of protesters Europe is ganging up on Poland to get it to support legal abortion. On Thursday the European Parliament strongly...
Maltese doctors appeal for recognition of conscientious objection
They feel threatened by an anti-discrimination bill Valletta, Malta Malta may be small but political battles there are just as heated as everywhere else. The...
New Zealand legalises abortion
Permits abortion of the disabled and abortion for sex selection On Wednesday night, while 90% percent of the world was coming to grips with the...
Belgium could criminalise abortion protest
New bill seems difficult to reconcile with freedom of expression or conscience Belgian Federal Parliament / Palais de la Nation Once again, the Belgian parliament is...
Canadian hospice could be defunded because it opposes euthanasia
A small hospice in British Columbia may lose funding over its MAiD policy. A small hospice in British Columbia risks losing public funding over its...
Trump Administration’s ‘conscience rule’ blocked by federal judge
Supporters of abortion welcomed the decision A federal judge this week voided the Trump administration’s “conscience rule,” which had made it easier for health care...
In defence of conscientious objection
A leading ethics journal has published a feature issue on conscientious objectionA newly released edition of the journal Perspectives in Medicine and Biology focuses on...
Globally, opposition to euthanasia dwarfs end-of-life movements
World Medical Association reaffirms opposition Jurisdictions which permit assisted suicide or euthanasia suck all the oxygen out of media coverage of this topic. To put...
Abortion legalised in Australia’s most populous state
Fierce debate threatened to fracture government NSW Parliament Abortion will be legal everywhere in Australia after the New South Wales Parliament passed a bill decriminalising...
Defending conscientious objection
The latest issue of ‘The New Bioethics’ has several interesting articles Photo by JC Gellidon on Unsplash One of the hottest topics in bioethics today is conscientious objection...