Are brain scans telling the truth?
Functional magnetic resonance image scans have been used as lie detectors which have been used in murder trials as well as testing whether conservatives are...
“Ashley treatment” spreading as solution for disabled
A controversial solution for caring for severely intellectually and physically disabled children is quietly spreading, according to the Guardian (UK).A controversial solution for caring for...
Fallout continues from infanticide article
The fallout from the “after-birth abortion” article in the Journal of Medical Ethics continues. The fallout from the “after-birth abortion” article in the Journal of...
‘Tis the season of fulminant fruitiness
Newspapers have their “silly season” of shock-horror absurdities in the slow news summer months. How about bioethics journals? When two very loopy articles surface in...
Yet another Modest Proposal: save the world from climate change by genetically engineering your kids
Modest proposals, in sense given the phrase by the great 18th century satirist Jonathan Swift, are flavour of the month in the bioethics community.Modest proposals,...
“Offensive” and “misleading” cosmetic surgery advertising under attack
Several prominent feminists and cosmetic surgeons have published a letter in the Guardian (UK) calling for a ban on cosmetic surgery advertising. Several prominent feminists...
Gay involvement in assisted reproduction industry growing
Britain’s first gay fathers have opened up the country’s only surrogacy centre to cater for same-sex couples. Britain’s first gay fathers have opened up the...
German football legend dies by assisted suicide
Timo Konietzka, former Germany international and the first footballer to score a goal in the country’s Bundesliga competition, died on Monday by assisted suicide, his...
Psychiatrists slate law to seek children’s consent
Psychiatrists have criticised draft West Australian laws that would require mentally ill children as young as 12 to consent to sterilisation, electroconvulsive therapy and psychosurgery....
Locked-in syndrome man in UK to have euthanasia case heard
A paralysed Briton seeking legal protection for a doctor to euthanise him will have his right-to-die case heard, the UK High Court has ruled. A...
Is informed consent on the skids?
Questions are being asked about the sacrasanct value of informed consent. Informed consent is one of the foundations of bioethical discourse. Bureaucrats have forced doctors...
Dutch activist found guilty of assisting a suicide
In the latest instalment of a long-running case, the former head of the Dutch Voluntary Life Foundation (Stichting Vrijwillig Leven) has been found guilty of...