Should children have the right to die in Canada?
Tragic case of 4-year-old shows the pain that some parents suffer Canada’s euthanasia legislation is under constant pressure to expand the grounds for eligibility for...
Brain organoids grow rudimentary eyes
Challenging research involving human induced pluripotent stem cells Brain organoids with optic cups at day 60 of development. (Gabriel et al., Cell Stem Cell, 2021)...
Massachusetts begins to issue 3-parent birth certificates
A new parentage act is being considered Massachusetts, a bellwether state for social change, has issued its first three-parent birth certificate. Joyce Kauffman, a family...
Nitschke’s new podcast about assisted dying could be scary for some listeners
The rational suicide stalwart speaks his mind Arguments for assisted dying, or voluntary assisted dying, or voluntary euthanasia, or medical aid in dying nearly always...
Fake vaccines
Personal trust is a pillar of the medical profession. It’s always shocking to hear that an unqualified person has been posing as a doctor (someone...
Germans shocked by fake vaccinations
Thousands of people may need to be revaccinated (translation: Covid lies) If anyone need a reminder of how much medicine depends upon personal trust, look...
British House of Lords debates plastinated bodies exhibitions
‘The commercial exploitation of body parts in all its forms is surely unethical and unsavoury’ A bill has been introduced into the British House of...
Bioethicist could be next head of FDA
Ezekiel Emanuel is being floated as the Biden Administration’s choice The name of controversial bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel is being floated as the Biden Administration’s choice...
A utilitarian’s Apocalypse?
What if extinction is the best option on offer? Gerard Butler sees extinction coming / 'Greenland' Australia’s most erudite columnist is probably Henry Ergas, an...
Australian fertility clinics complain about ‘sperm drought’
Women are resorting to informal channels Australian fertility clinics are reporting a “sperm drought”. According to a feature on ABC News, “With travel plans delayed...
Bollywood tackles surrogacy
A Hindi-language film combines song and dance with social issues. This is more in the ”just for fun” category than bioethics: a Bollywood film about...
Can we trust medical research?
The middle of the Covid-19 pandemic is not an auspicious moment to cast doubt upon the reliability of scientific research. However, writing in a BMJ blog,...