New documentary tells personal story of VSED
A transgender person chooses to end his life rather than suffer cognitive decline. A new American documentary, Tomorrow Never Knows, tells the story of...
AMA spurns assisted suicide
“Death with dignity” or “aid in dying” is gathering pace in the United States, now that Hawaii has joined the list of states which permit...
American Medical Association stands firm on assisted suicide
Recent report gives a respectful No “Death with dignity” or “aid in dying” seem to be gathering pace in the United States, now that Hawaii...
CIA nominee refuses to call torture ‘immoral’
Senate urged to reject Gina Haspel as CIA director Should Americans brace themselves for more reports of torture in the war on terror? This is...
Iceland dumps proposed ban on male circumcision
Jewish and Muslim communities alarmed After a three-month national debate and lobbying from all over the world, a parliamentary committee in Iceland has shelved a...
13 year old regains consciousness after parents sign organ donation forms
A teenage boy has woken up just a day before he was due to have vital organs removed. A 13-year-old American boy has regained consciousness...
Spain to consider euthanasia laws after citizens initiative fails in Finland
Spain will countenance a euthanasia bill after Finland resoundingly rejects citizens initiative. Spain’s national parliament has voted to consider a bill that would legalise euthanasia...
Malta debates IVF
Malta is considering liberalising its restrictive IVF laws. The predominantly Catholic country of Malta is debating legislation that would liberalise its restrictive IVF laws and...
Overcoming language barriers and linguistic prejudice in medicine
How can you avoid epistemic prejudice in clinical practice? The journal Bioethics will shortly release a special issue focusing on the theme of “migration, health...
Thanos inherits the mantle of Paul Ehrlich
Personally, I'm not a big fan of super-hero films. I get a bit tired of the wisecracks and the fake explosions and crumbling buildings. But...
104-year-old Australian scientist boards plane for Swiss suicide clinic
In a case which has attracted world-wide attention, a 104-year-old Australian scientist has boarded a plane which will take him to Switzerland to die at...
Warnock reminisces about her famous report on embryo experimentation
At 94, she is still going strong Baroness Mary Warnock, a distinguished Oxford ethicist, was the chair of the Committee of Inquiry into Human Fertilisation...