‘The Golden Age of status surrogacy is here’
Now that we’re broached the topic of commodification, let’s turn to Town & Country, America’s lifestyle magazine for the seriously wealthy. One of its articles...
Peter Singer wins ‘Nobel Prize for philosophy’
Despite its importance, philosophy is not generally regarded as a lucrative profession. Perhaps the Berggruen Prize will change that. It is a US$1 million given...
Transwomen may have a right to be pregnant, argue bioethicists
Do transgender women (ie, natal males) have a right to experience pregnancy? Two Italian doctors from the University of Rome Sapienza argue in Acta Biomedica...
Is suicide contagious?
Does voluntary assisted dying – or euthanasia and assisted suicide – have a negative impact upon other people? It’s rare for this question to be...
The fine line between science students and ghouls
Commodification files. The widow of a 95-year-old Louisiana war veteran who died of Covid-19 was shocked to discover that her husband’s body – which he...
Another IVF mix-up in a US fertility clinic
Two California couples gave birth to each others’ babies after a mix-up at a fertility clinic in 2019. Both of them are suing Los Angeles-based...
‘The Economist’ backs assisted dying
As a reflection of the influence of classical liberal thought upon current affairs, the British “newspaper”, The Economist, has no peer. Its tightly written leaders...
NSW Parliament debates ‘assisted dying’
On Friday the Parliament of the Australian state of New South Wales began its debate on the controversial bill to legalise “voluntary assisted dying”. The...
Dutch fertility doctor sired at least 47 children
Fertility fraud files. The number of children sired by a gynaecologist at a hospital in the Dutch city of Zwolle has risen to at least...
Why corporate sponsorship of egg freezing may worsen workplace discrimination against women — a view from Singapore
In recent years, there has been much news media hype on corporate sponsorship of social egg freezing by tech companies such as Apple, Facebook and...
Repudiating the foundation document of American medical education as racist and sexist
1910 was a landmark year in American medicine. The publication of the Flexner Report on medical education led to a rapid transformation of the medical...
Euthanasia has had negative effect on palliative care in Canada: report
Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) act began to operate in 2016. It is a laboratory for how legalised euthanasia will operate in a largely...