UK doctor suspended for three months over abortion
A British GP caught in a newspaper sting suspended for three months after authorising a sex-selective abortion. Dr Palaniappan Rajmohan A British doctor at...
LA pill mill doctor convicted of murder
"You can't hide behind a white lab coat and commit crimes," says DA. A Los Angeles woman has become the first American doctor to be...
The case for expanding physician-assisted death to psychiatric cases
Bioethicist Bonnie Steinbock suggests assisted death for psychiatric cases is the logical consequence of current euthanasia legislation. Recently there has been a flurry of articles...
Disability and dungeons in Philadelphia
Woman sentenced to life for enslaving and torturing disabled people. Linda Watson Here’s another reminder – if you needed one -- that caring for...
The last psychopath: using the brain to root out disorder
The new play Tomcat tests our views about eliminating "neurodiverse" children. Eleanor Worthington Cox plays Jessie in Tomcat / Richard Davenport It is compulsory for...
China ends one-child policy
The Chinese government has finally abandoned its notorious one-child policy. After over 35 years of mass sterilization and forced abortion, the Chinese government has finally...
Australia’s ‘Dr Death’ forced to stop promoting suicide
Severe conditions placed on Philip Nitschke's registration The world’s foremost promoter of assisted suicide and euthanasia, Australia’s Dr Philip Nitschke, has agreed to cease his...
French doctor convicted of euthanasia death
Trial of Nicolas Bonnemaison sparks controversy Nicolas Bonnemaison with his wife on October 24 A 54-year-old doctor has been deregistered and convicted of killing...
Is the great stem cell debate over?
A new paper claims that induced stem cells are functionally equivalent to embryonic stem cells It’s a sign of the times. Ten years ago, the...
Bioethics and the reproducibility crisis
Are bioethicists a spineless lot?Nature / David Perkins According to the mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel -- who is linked to bioethics through...
Belgian euthanasia doctor faces criminal charges
A doctor in Belgium could be charged with murder after euthanizing an 85-year-old woman suffering from depression. A doctor in Belgium could be charged with...
Mill, liberty and euthanasia
Would JS Mill have supported euthanasia? The voluntary euthanasia debate often remains at the level of emotion and rhetoric. In a recent article in Philosophy...