Hacking scandal executive has daughter via surrogate
Former News International CEO Rebekah Brooks and her husband have become parents through surrogacy.Former News International CEO Rebekah Brooks and her husband have become parents...
Research fraud troubles UK scientists
“Dishonesty is common and institutionalized in medicine and medical research,” says a UK cardiologist, Peter Wilsmhurst, who has spent years trying to expose research misconduct...
European assembly slams euthanasia
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has given a big boost to opponents of legalised euthanasia. This body, which (somewhat confusingly) is...
Is it morally wrong to take a life? Not really, say bioethicists
Is it morally wrong to kill people? Not really, argue two eminent American bioethicists in an early online article in the Journal of Medical Ethics....
Doctors call for a moratorium on donation after cardiac death
Is that rustling in the bushes a deer or my brother? What the hell. We’ll sort it out later… BANG! Most people would regard moral...
The bioethics of intellectual disability
Hi there, We are back from holidays. My apologies to a few new subscribers who received a polite automated note asking how they liked BioEdge...
Massachusetts judge ordered forced abortion and sterilization of mentally ill woman
It is difficult to imagine a case better scripted for a discussion of informed consent than Mary Moe’s Massachusetts abortion. It is difficult to imagine...
Cosmetic surgery industry under fire after implant scandal
The UK’s cosmetic surgery industry is under fire in the wake of the liquidation of a French company which made faulty breast implants. For a...
Is pregnancy unethical? Yes, says UK bioethicist
Here is contrarian bioethics at its best. Pregnancy and childbirth are so painful, risky and socially restrictive for women that public funding should urgently be...
Surrogacy: nice work if you can get it
More from the booming surrogate mother industry. A Philadelphia company is raising eyebrows by describing gestational surrogacy as a paying job. An email from Surrogate...
Is intellectual disability a reason to deny an organ transplant?
A 3-year-old girl who was allegedly denied an opportunity for a kidney transplant because she was “mentally retarded” has sparked a debate in the US...
Canadian journal calls for curbs on aborting girls
After a long legal and political debate leading up to a decision by its Supreme Court in 1988, Canada has ended up as one of...