Nova Scotia euthanasia case reveals complexities of law
Wife fights her husband’s request for euthanasia A case in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia exemplifies the complexities of legalised euthanasia. An 83-year-old man...
Elon Musk unveils plans for brain implants
“It’s kind of like a Fitbit in your skull, with tiny wires” Billionaire and tech visionary Elon Musk unveiled a mind-reading brain implant at an...
Let’s make amends for the ethical lapse in creating HeLa cells, says Nature
2020 marks the centenary of the birth of Henrietta Lacks Henrietta Lacks The year 2020 marks the centenary of the birth of Henrietta Lacks, the...
CRISPR-edited embryos should not be used. Not for the moment, that is
International commission side-steps ethical issues CRISPR-edited human embryos should not be used to create a pregnancy until it is safe says a new report by an international...
Over-population fading as greatest moral challenge of our time
George Monbiot says that population panic is letting rich people off the hook Climate change, over-population, and a demographic winter are all competing for nomination...
Covid forces U-turn on organ transplant policy in India
The state of Karnataka is relaxing some safeguards The Covid-19 pandemic has put organ transplant programs around the world on hold. In the Indian state...
Trump launches his campaign
Like the Democratic candidate, Joe Biden, Republican President Donald Trump touched upon a number of bioethical issues when he accepted his nomination this week. I...
Forced sterilization policies in the US targeted minorities and disabled – and lasted into the 21st century
More than 60,000 people were sterilized in 32 states during the 20th century based on the bogus “science” of eugenicsAn operation in 1941 on South...
Trump promises a vaccine before the end of 2020
Takes a strong stand against abortion and lockdowns President Donald Trump’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention highlighted a number of health and bioethical...
Dutch euthanasia doctor agrees that there is a ‘slippery slope’
Bert Keizer says that expanding the criteria for euthanasia eligibility is the path of progress “Anti-euthanasia lobbyists want the public to believe in the inevitability...
Scotland: legal battle over trans girl’s sperm
For the latest episode in the Reproductive Revolution, BioEdge turns to Scotland. A 16-year-old transgender girl, Ellie Anderson, died last month of “unascertained” causes after...
Ethics committee clears BLM-supporting doctors of hypocrisy over protests
Anti-lockdown protests, however, are not justifiable No social distancing while protesting lockdowns: not OK Four American doctors and ethicists from the Society of General Internal...