American paediatricians soften stand on female genital mutilitation
Female genital mutilation is illegal in Sweden, Norway, Australia, and the United Kingdom. In the US “any nonmedical procedure performed on the genitals” of a...
Dutch death angel exonerated after 6 years in jail
A bad hair day for Dutch justice systemAngels of death in nursing homes and hospitals are a familiar tabloid story. There can be few things...
Belgian surgeons harvest organs after euthanasia
Not just a bright idea How often is this going on in Belgium and the Netherlands? Bioethics blogger Wesley Smith drew our attention to a...
Libertarian MP defeated in UK election
Dr Evan Harris loses to Tory candidate One of the casualties of the recent British general election was Dr Evan Harris, a Liberal Democrat MP...
Has Jodi Picoult subscribed to BioEdge? She should
May 8, 2010 Hi there, This week we had to sift through a number of interesting stories and articles in professional journals. It's impossible to...
Solve the organ shortage with euthanasia, says leading bioethicist
Oxford don Julian Savulescu thinks that doctors should kill consenting brain-dead patients for their organs. It was only a matter of time before someone would...
High tech romantic triangle in UK falls apart
Widow devastated to find that her husband is having a posthumous affair A millionaire’s widow in Britain is suing to prevent her late husband’s sperm...
Vatican funds adult stem cell research at U Maryland
Church puts its money where its mouth is The Vatican has emphasised its support for adult stem cells by financing research at the University of...
J-Lo’s real back-up plan didn’t include IVF
Star felt uncomfortable with conceiving children artificially Hollywood starlet and recording artist Jennifer Lopez is starring in “The Back-Up Plan”, a film about the romantic...
Pregnant mum refuses to make “designer baby”, despite risks
2 kids with cystic fibrosis, and maybe one more on the way A pregnant Scottish mother of two young boys, Nicky Mason, has decided against...
US anaesthetists banned from participating in executions
Professional body insists on primum, non nocere: first, do no harm Anaesthetists who participate in the death penalty by lethal injection risk losing their certification,...
Should deaf child be forced to wear hearing aids?
Deaf father says that his daughter should make up her own mind A deaf man in Washington state could be charged with contempt of court...