Are there limits to informed consent?
If you don’t have a strong stomach, you are allowed to skip what follows and proceed directly to the article links below. Earlier this month...
The Experimenter’s pessimism
A new film highlights the controversial experiments by Stanley Milgram Stanley Milgram’s obedience experiments are so famous that that they have almost become a cliché,...
Interview: Daniel Callahan on communitarian bioethics
Daniel Callahan is one of the most influential thinkers in contemporary bioethics. Recently he spoke with BioEdge about the state of the discipline. Daniel Callahan...
Not enough doctors to staff Belgium’s euthanasia commission
Belgium’s Federal Evaluation and Control Commission for Euthanasia has lost its mandate after failing to find replacements for vacancies on its executive committee. Belgium’s Federal...
23andMe to resume supplying health data
US genetic testing company 23andMe has been given limited FDA approval to provide inherited disease profiles for customers. US genetic testing company 23andMe has been...
Sperm donor child ordered to develop relationship with father
The High Court of the UK has ordered a donor-conceived-girl to develop a relationship with her gay father – and his partner. The High Court...
Supervision of euthanasia breaking down in Belgium
The theme of control is at the heart of debates about assisted suicide and euthanasia. For the patients, it’s control of their own lives. For...
Gender, genetic information and sport
Can a transgender man or woman compete in all-male or all-female teams? Recently there has been significant debate surrounding the clash between societal norms and...
A fine way to give blood
Alabama judge tells offenders to donate blood if they don't want to be finedJudge Marvin Wiggins, right, with Gov. Robert Bentley in 2013 / Dave Martin/Associated...
Mind the gap — between dream and reality
Uploading our minds to a computer could take centuries. Ray Kurzweil, inventor, futurist and now director of engineering at Google, believes that by 2045 it...
A David who humbled Goliath
The Washington Post profiles Planned Parenthood's bugbear, David Daleiden. David Daleiden is only 26, but he has already changed the course of the abortion debate...
Doctors must withdraw life support from twins – UK judge
A UK High Court has ruled that two severely intellectually disabled Iraqi twins must have their life support switched off, despite objection from their parents....