Celebrating the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Hi there, It may have escaped your notice, but today, December 3, is International Day of Persons with Disabilities. It has been overshadowed by World...
UK IVF clinic destroys donated eggs
A UK couple are distraught after a blunder at IVF Wales in Cardiff. Chris and Lorraine were told over the phone on the evening they...
New Jersey nurses allege religious discrimination over abortion
Twelve New Jersey nurses have charged a hospital with religious discrimination after it announced it would introduce a policy that would require them to help...
Elderly British abused, human rights violated while in home care
The basic needs and human rights of elderly people receiving home care in England often go unfulfilled and physical and financial abuse happen too often,...
Overseas couples go to US in search surrogate mothers
India is often described as the world surrogacy hub. But a good number of American women are also bearing children for overseas couples. India is...
Taiwan to destroy millions of tissue samples
Millions of biomedical samples in Taiwan could soon be destroyed because they were obtained without proper informed consent. According to a recent law, all specimens...
Michael Jackson’s doctor gets four years in jail
The personal physician to deceased pop star Michael Jackson has been sentenced to four years imprisonment for involuntary manslaughter. Jackson died in 2009 from an...
Does the slippery slope to euthanasia make sense?
Two words guaranteed to spark derision on a blog are Slippery and Slope. They are dismissed with either a smirk as a hoary old chesnut,...
Completed lives: a Dutch explanation
The concept of a “completed life” which deserves voluntary euthanasia is a controversial one. The Dutch group Of Free Will , which is campaigning for...
Budapest police probe suspicious hospital deaths
Hungarian police have launched an investigation into 70 suspicious deaths at a Budapest hospital following claims that patients were given lethal drug overdoses. Hungarian police...
Brother, can you spare some time?
New Zealand writer-director made one of the all-time classic bioethics films, Gattaca, about the pursuit of genetic perfection. His latest is a thriller about life...
The Morlocks and the Eloi
Hi there, This week we visit familiar territory: anonymous sperm donation, exploitation in clinical trials, selective reduction, multiple parents on a birth certificate, and conscientious...