Hers to choose
A woman who chose both IVF and abortion speaks out. The availability of both IVF and abortion creates some counterintuitive situations. The latest issue of...
‘Foreigners do not understand us’
The boundaries of euthanasia in Belgium and the Netherlands keep expanding, says a world expert. Raphael Cohen-Almagor, of the University of Hull in the United...
Supreme Court fall-out
The Supreme Court has handed down a landmark ruling on same-sex marriage which effectively legalises it throughout the United States. President Obama welcomed the decision....
Face recognition technology may threaten privacy
Should marketing agencies be able to identify you as you walk down the street.? Imagine that you are a pastor of an American megachurch. You...
Dutch paediatricians back euthanasia for under-12s
Association not worried about safeguards. Dutch paediatricians are backing euthanasia for children aged from 1 to 12. In a position paper released on June 19,...
The Economist to campaign on Belgian model of euthanasia
A new editor takes a familiar line. Editor-in-chief of The Economist, Zanny Minton-Beddoes The world’s most influential news magazine, The Economist, has a...
‘I can see what you’re saying’
Researchers in Germany and the US have managed to interpret the brain activity and reconstruct utterances of words and full sentences. Researchers in Germany and...
French senators reject ‘deep sleep’ bill
The French senate has rejected a bill that would legalise ‘deep sedation’. The French senate has rejected a bill that would legalise ‘deep sedation’ –...
IVF woes #2: older women
Yet another study has confirmed that IVF is rarely successful for women in their early 40s. A new study of declining IVF success rates has...
IVF woes #1: Australia
Couples are usually unaware of the low IVF success rates in Australian clinics. As couples enter pristine Australian IVF clinics with their smiling staff and...
Creating memories.
One of the most famous obiter dicta from the US Supreme Court is Justice Anthony Kennedy’s “mystery” passage in the 1992 case Planned Parenthood v....
Only connect: the Pope’s global bioethics
Latest document causes media storm The publication of a document by Pope Francis on the environment on Thursday has created a media storm. Laudato Si’...