Ukraine clinic seeks to genetically engineer babies
The Medeus Clinic also offers “complex rejuvenation and life extension” The ever-alert stem cell scientist and blogger Paul Knoepfler has flagged a Ukrainian clinic which...
Do we need an international pandemic treat?
Even as nations struggle to cope with Covid-19 catastrophes, 23 world leaders have called for the adoption of an international pandemic treaty. However noble this...
Planned Parenthood evolves
This was a headline in the New York Times which was sure to catch my eye: “I’m the Head of Planned Parenthood. We’re Done Making...
Planned Parenthood disavows its founder (but not abortion)
But vows to fight racism Planned Parenthood has a founder problem. Margaret Sanger was a racist and a eugenicist. Critics of Planned Parenthood have been...
French novelist Michel Houellebecq won’t submit to euthanasia wave
The controversial writer says that supporters distort the meaning of words Michel Houellebecq (above, with cigarette) is France’s most acclaimed living novelist, a perennial nominee...
‘Trust me. I’m an Expert’
Are all the pronouncements of experts to be trusted? “Not trusting the experts is costing Americans their lives” was a headline in a prominent Australian...
Oregon assisted suicide deaths continue to creep ahead
They now account for 0.61% of all deaths in the state Mt Hood and Trillium Lake in Oregon Here are the latest figures on assisting...
One out of 25 in the Netherlands died of euthanasia in 2020
There were two cases of euthanasia for Covid-19 Canal in Amsterdam / Bogdan Todoran on Unsplash Here are the latest figures for euthanasia in the...
Are there enough euthanasia doctors in New Zealand?
Assisted dying becomes operations on November 7 More than enough sheep... Euthanasia becomes operational in New Zealand on November 7, but there are fears that...
New York axes stem cell funding in this year’s budget
Scientists are disappointed In 2007, defying the “conservatism” of the Bush Administration, New York State created a fund for research on stem cells, including human...
Upper crust eugenics: a sordid saga from 1930s America
The involuntary sterilisation of Ann Cooper Hewitt Ann Cooper Hewitt and her mother making their final depositions / Salon Pining for the good old days,...
Colombia stays put
In potted surveys of the progress of euthanasia around the world, Colombia is often mentioned as a country which has embraced the right to die....