Euthanasia fails again in Colombian congress
Numerous bills have failed since a 1997 court ruling The Colombian legislature has once again failed to pass a law legalising euthanasia. Earlier this week...
Biden undoing pro-life rulings by his predecessor
Health Secretary Becerra has given the go-ahead for using human foetal tissue for medical research The Biden Administration is quickly dismantling pro-life initiatives of the...
Human-monkey chimaeras grown for up to 20 days
They are essential, but they do pose ethical issues, say researchers Researchers in China and the United States have injected human stem cells into primate...
Resisting legalised euthanasia in New South Wales is looking problematic
A push will come in September One state which appears to be high and dry as a movement for “dignity in dying” floods Australia is...
US needs a vaccine mandate, says Ezekiel Emanuel
Otherwise it might not be able to achieve herd immunity Vaccine mandates are extremely controversial but bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel, a veteran of the Obama Administration...
New York parent and child want to wed
Not allowing it would diminish their humanity Nothing beats the New York Post for coverage of the more exciting corners of the Reproductive Revolution. This...
Prepare for ectogenesis, says bioethicist
There will be ethical, psychological and financial challenges Ectogenesis – gestation in an artificial womb – is coming closer, according to a bioethicist writing in...
Is China forcibly sterilizing Uyghur women?
Probably, but it’s not mentioned in their propaganda videos Reports of bioethical atrocities against Uyghurs in China’s Xinjiang territory are hard to verify, but consistent...
Another American state legalises assisted suicide
The right-to-die is advancing in the US. New Mexico finally legalised assisted suicide this week, making it the 11th American jurisdiction. However, in France and...
New Mexico legalises assisted suicide
Compassion & Choices is cock-a-hoop New Mexico has become the 11th American jurisdiction with assisted suicide. On Thursday, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed the Elizabeth...
Vaccine passports spark controversy
Scientists, doctors, politicians and business at sixes and sevens Next stop in the coronavirus pandemic: vaccine passports. Rutgers University, the largest public college in New...
UK research review is sceptical of medical treatment for gender dysphoria
The evidence for puberty blockers and gender-affirming hormones is of ‘low quality’ The biggest controversy in medicine at the moment is the appropriate treatment of...