US doctors update gamete donation guidelines
IVF doctors have updated guidelines for gamete donation in the light of a growing recognition that offspring have a right to their genetic heritage. After...
Debate over history of US Christian bioethics
One of the puzzling features of bioethics is that its “founders” were nearly all Christians, but Christian bioethics has become a marginal interest. Why? One...
A more elegant solution
An elderly Belgian man and wife are preparing to be euthanized together. They explain why in a startling interview. An elderly Belgian man and wife...
Belgium grants prisoner’s request for euthanasia
A decision which raises many questions. Frank Van Den Bleeken A man serving a life sentence for rape and murder has been allowed by...
On the front lines of the war on Ebola
A field worker describes her day-to-day work. Three thousand US military and healthcare workers are being sent to West Africa to fight the Ebola outbreak...
Ground shifts in UK debate over “three-parent embryos”
New Scientist magazine does an ethical back flip. Is UK’s battle over “three-parent embryos”, as it is called in the media, or mitochondrial transfer, as...
Enhancing the chemistry of love
If love needs drugs, is it still love? It works on prairie voles Julian Savulescu and two of his colleagues at Oxford University in the...
Probe into death of Joan Rivers
Did doctor take selfie during operation? As more details of the death of American comedienne Joan Rivers come to light, her doctor’s behaviour is being...
Carmel Shalev: the global trade in reproduction
An Israeli bioethicist is organising a conference on the rapidly growing market in surrogate mothers and babies. Dr Carmel Shalev, of Israel’s Haifa University, is...
Remember Savita?
The Indian dentist’s death was misrepresented. A new style of journalism has emerged in the UK: slow journalism. “Because today's ultra-fast news cycle rates being...
Our annual survey
Sorry, folks, no folksy message this week. Instead, we have something far more fun: our annual online survey, which we have not actually run for...
Are bioethicists more ethical than the rest of us?
Hi there, Are bioethicists more ethical than the rest of us? I’m not aware of data about bioethicists as such. However, some research has been...