Bioethics, a profession plagued by doubts
With two Italian/Australian bioethicists under attack in the media around the globe over the moral permissibility of infanticide, there are signs of the collywobbles in...
Study hits back at “genopolitics”
A couple of years ago political scientists from the University of California at San Diego made a media splash with their theory (published in Science!)...
a world scoop
Well, rejoice with us. BioEdge had its first world scoop. Last week, as far as I can determine, we were the first to pick up...
Questions asked about euthanasia for brain-damaged Dutch prince
Dutch Prince Johan Friso, brain-damaged after being buried by an avalanche in Austria last month, has been transferred to Wellington Hospital, in London. Doctors believe...
Judge who ordered abortion says it was justified
A Massachusetts judge who ordered an abortion and sterilisation for a pregnant woman with schizophrenia earlier this year has vigorously defended her decision. Christina Harms,...
Israeli woman wants own baby to be recognised as triplet of twins born to surrogate
An Israeli woman is appealing to the National Insurance Institute to recognise a baby she gave birth to, along with twins born via surrogate mother,...
IVF “arrogant” and marital love only “worthy” way to conceive: Pope
In a widely reported address, Pope Benedict XVI has again declared that the only acceptable way for children to be conceived is through intercourse between...
Britain’s super-surrogate pregnant again – with twins
Jill Hawkins, of Brighton, has already acted as surrogate mother to eight children. She is now pregnant with twins. A legal secretary from Brighton, Miss...
Santorum sparks controversy over Dutch euthanasia
So when US presidential hopeful Rick Santorum described the state of euthanasia in the Netherlands on February 3 in a forum in Missouri, he failed...
Artificial nutrition and hydration should normally be withdrawn, says doctor
An American doctor argues in the latest issue of the leading journal Bioethics that artificial nutrition and hydration should be withdrawn from all patients in...
UK bioethics group investigates new wave of brain technologies
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics in the UK launched a consultation this week on the ethics of new types of technologies and devices that ‘intervene’...
Bioethicist resigns from Texas stem cell company
"Enough. I resigned from #Celltex Therapeutics on & effective 2/28/2012. I am preparing timely, lengthy, pointed comments on the whole matter." This is a Tweet...