Fatherhood: superannuated or evergreen?
Has sperm donation made the status of fathers obsolete? Several items popped up in the media this week which give different answers. A California judge...
Distinguished doctor arrested over Indian sterilisation tragedy
Thirteen women have died following a series of unhygienic sterilisation operations in an Indian birth control clinic. Thirteen women have died following a series of...
Disabled children kept in cages in Greek childcare centre
At least one disability-care facility in Greece has been keeping its residents in cages. Disability rights groups have condemned the inhumane treatment of disabled children...
Where do we draw the line on bioehancement?
A new American bioethics documentary examines the ethical issues surrounding human enhancement for people with disabilities. A new American documentary examines the ethical issues surrounding...
Is it ethical to grow human organs in pigs?
Four ethicists consider the ethics of growing chimerical organs. Recent experiments with growing chimerical organs in animals have delivered favourable results. Japanese researchers recently managed...
IVF and depression: a long discussion continues
There has been much debate about the impact of IVF on a mental health. There has been much debate about the impact of IVF on...
US mid-term elections boost hopes of GOP, but not of pro-lifers
Less dramatic and less reported was the effect of the election on the controversial issue of abortion. This week’s mid-term elections in the United States...
Brittany Maynard dies in Oregon after assisted suicide
On the scheduled day. Brittany Maynard, the 29-year-old woman whose YouTube video announcing that she would choose to die on November 1 under Oregon’s Death...
US stem cell expert questions UK plans for 3-parent embryos
A noble goal, but there are too many unanswered questions. The British Parliament will begin debating whether to legalise a controversial technique known to opponents...
Do restrictive abortion laws kill women?
Chile is a natural experiment because abortion was legal there from 1931 to 1989, when it was banned. There is no more powerful argument for...
Belgian psychiatrist deregistered over abuse
A Belgian psychiatrist who sexually abused a patient who subsequently sought euthanasia has been deregistered. A Belgian psychiatrist who sexually abused a patient who subsequently...
Eugenics making a comeback as a respectable policy
After hibernating for 60 years, eugenics is making a comeback, both in academic and popular spheres. After hibernating for 60 years, eugenics is making a...