But what about children? Should animals residing in Switzerland have the right to be represented by a lawyer? Voters will have their say in a...

Reform of criminal law will be needed New members of the National Academy of Sciences in the US are asked to pen an inaugural article...

Petition launched “Wanted: nurse or spiritual caretaker in possession of a Completed Life Certificate to assist suicides.” If a group of elderly grandees in the...

Andrew Wakefield saga draws to closeTwo and a half years of controversy and recrimination peaked at the end of January when Andrew Wakefield, the doctor...

Office politics invade scientific research Stem cell research may not be as dispassionate and objective as the public thinks, if a complaint by a group...

ICSI appears to be problematicThe first evidence that the fathers of test-tube babies may pass on their fertility problems has been discovered in a new...

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Two mothers fight tabloid journalist’s opinion Two Russian mothers have won the right to rebut a journalist’s argument that handicapped children should be euthanased. Aleksandr...

Compassion and Choices says guidelines are arrogant and stern Catholic healthcare authorities in the United States are coming under fire over revised directives on care...

Abortion supporters call for an investigation into a conspiracy On January 29, anti-abortion activist Scott Roeder was found guilty of first-degree murder for murdering abortion...

How was it nominated? Oscar nominees have often included films which support euthanasia and assisted suicide. This year a documentary short, “The Last Campaign of...

Official policy since Clinton Administration A surprising debate in the US may shed some light on opposition to assisted suicide and euthanasia. Parents of soldiers...