IVF doctors up in arms over Trump’s SCOTUS pick
For the first time in its history, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine has opposed a Supreme Court nomineeMedical and science journals have become far...
Let’s return to the basics of human experience, says bioethicist
Human beings are not unconnected atomsIt’s not often that a bioethics text gets rave reviews from both Francis Fukuyama and Leon Kass. However, What It...
What factors can undermine our autonomy?
Addiction, brainwashing, trauma or fatigue, obviously. Any others? The argument for assisted suicide and euthanasia rests squarely on the doctrine of autonomy. As The Economist...
US: foetal abduction to end with a lethal injection
Lisa Montgomery to be the first woman executed in a federal prison in 67 years Lisa Montgomery Capital punishment is always a bioethical issue –...
The Netherlands moves to legalise euthanasia for children
It hardly comes as a surprise, but doctors in The Netherlands may soon be able to euthanise children under 12. They are already authorised to...
Spain edges closer to legalizing euthanasia
Bioethicists are critical Spain’s coalition government is attempting to legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide. Its right-to-die bill includes an "express euthanasia" service, with doctors visiting...
South Korea to loosen restrictions on abortion despite low birth rate
Old law deemed unconstitutional A bill to decriminalize abortion up to the fourteenth week of was tabled in the South Korean parliament this week. South...
A modern sultan boasts his virtual harem
Some women shun fertility clinics In the age of the Reproductive Revolution, it’s an antiquated approach, but it works. An American named “Joe” claimed on...
Quick and faulty research a problem for journals in Covid-19 pandemic
"No research team is exempt from the pressures and speed at which Covid-19 research is occurring” The Covid-19 pandemic has created a flood of potentially...
CRISPR scientists win Nobel Prize in chemistry
What about the ethical implications? To no one’s surprise, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded this year to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna...
More family secrets unveiled in Netherlands
Fertility fraud files. Another success for family reunions through genetic databases! A woman looking for her sperm donor father on the internet has discovered that...
Netherlands prepares for child euthanasia
There will only be 5 or 10 cases a year, says health minister It hardly comes as a surprise, but doctors in The Netherlands may...