World Medical Association moots mandatory referral for abortion and euthanasia
It is revising the International Code of Medical Ethics The World Medical Association is revising the International Code of Medical Ethics (ICoME) to limit the...
Building back better in bioethics
Battered by the pandemic, bioethicists reflect on the future “Build Back Better” is not just a political slogan. It represents the feelings of bioethicists battered...
Proposal to liberalise California’s assisted suicide law after only 5 years
SB 380 will also make it more difficult to be a conscientious objector In 2015 California became the fifth American state to enact law permitting...
An Irish doctor fails in attempt to be a conscientious objector to Covid-19 policies
GP suspended for openly flouting guidelines and questioning the science An Irish general practitioner who described the Covid-19 pandemic as a hoax, refused to refer...
Amitai Etzioni wants Biden to form bioethics commission
Very concerned about genetic engineering The eminent communitarian scholar Amitai Etzioni has called upon President Biden to re-establish a bioethics commission to deal with the...
The deficiencies and dangers of ‘radical individualism’
Humans are not just isolated minds; they have bodies and need relationships O. Carter Snead, What it means to be human: The case for the...
Is happiness a psychiatric disorder?
A thought-provoking article asks disturbing questions Photo by Mindspace Studio on Unsplash At the bottom of web pages at the Journal of Medical Ethics are...
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...
Bioethicists call for active advocacy to combat institutional racism
The whole discipline needs to be shaken up For a discipline which was only born about 50 years, bioethics has reimagined itself time and time...
Should Biden appoint his own bioethics commission?
New York City Bar Association urges him to re-establish a commission of experts Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama all appointed expert...
Covid could be a Waterloo for the leading bioethical theory
Has the pandemic exposed the weaknesses of principlism? Napoleon gallops towards Waterloo Covid-19 is providing a stress test for bioethical theories. And it seems that...
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...