Should American doctors participate in executions?
Against the consensus, a cardiologist says they should The American state of Arkansas executed four prisoners in April. They were given a lethal injection with...
Even more developments in Belgian euthanasia
The Belgian media was abuzz this week with the news that the Catholic hospitals which provide a substantial portion of psychiatric beds will permit euthanasia...
Recreating the womb for preemies
US researchers are close to an artificial womb for extremely premature babies Researchers have moved a step closer to ectogenesis – brewing babies in an...
Counting Down syndrome Americans
Life expectancy has risen steeply Down syndrome is the leading cause of intellectual disability in the United States. But how many Americans have Down syndrome?...
Do LGBT parents have a right to a full genetic relationship?
Why should they settle for anything less than heterosexual couples? The possibility of creating synthetic gametes (eggs from male stem cells, sperm from female stem...
Where did Nazi doctors learn their ethics? From a textbook
There was no lack of ethical training in the Nazi eraKarl Brandt, one of the defendants in the "doctors' trial" German medicine under Hitler...
Belgian Catholic psychiatric hospitals ‘adjust’ their view of euthanasia
From now on it will be difficult to find a psychiatric hospital where euthanasia is not offered One of the last substantial barriers to increasing...
Euthanasia is a ‘sideshow’ in end-of-life care, says leading US bioethicist
The Medical Journal of Australia has just published a commissioned paper on euthanasia and assisted suicide by one of America’s leading bioethicists, Dr Ezekiel Emanuel. Emanuel is...
Swedish midwife opposed to abortion appeals to European Court of Human Rights
Ellinor Grimmark has had to move to Norway to find work Ellinor Grimmark speaking to the press Swedish midwife Ellinor Grimmark has decided...
Transplant ethics for the 21st Century
New innovations in organ transplantation pose unique problems for bioethicists. Transplant surgery has developed rapidly since the first successful heart transplants in the late 1960s....
Euthanasia rates rise by 10% in the Netherlands
Deaths by euthanasia increased 10% in the Netherlands in 2016, according to a new report. Deaths by euthanasia increased 10% in the Netherlands in 2016,...
Indian state moves toward ‘two child policy’
The Indian state of Assam may enact a strict 'two child policy' in response to concerns about rapid population growth in the region. The Indian...