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Where it is legalised, euthanasia is becoming more and more integrated into the practice of medicine. One of the more useful -- or ghoulish –...
Who are more moral: the God-botherers or the nothing-botherers?
They share many moral values A new study in PLOS ONE suggests that, while atheists and theists share moral values related to protecting vulnerable individuals,...
Portuguese president passes euthanasia bill to the Constitutional Court
Portugal’s president has sidestepped the country’s controversial euthanasia legislation by asking for it to be reviewed by the Constitutional Court. President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa...
NEJM backs transgender turn in US govt policy
A medical historian argues that transgenderism should be normalised On the evening of his inauguration President Joe Biden made it his business to send strong...
London newspaper reveals ‘shocking evidence’ about transgender treatments
The use of puberty blockers is basically ‘a live experiment’ on vulnerable children, says one psychiatrist After a legal battle The Mail on Sunday has...
China breaks up organ-donor racket
A criminal case which saw four doctors jailed is likely to lead to tighter rules on organ donations. Four high-ranking doctors have been jailed in...
Disability rights groups protest death of man in Texas hospital
What about the equal dignity of the disabled? Michael Hickson with his five children / photo from Melissa Hickson Late last month we reported the...
Ukraine begins to open borders for babies of surrogate mothers
There could be as many as 1000 babies The Biotexcom nursery / Reuters Foreign couples who waited two months because of Covid-19 border closures are...
Nuffield Council on Bioethics publishes coronavirus ethics guide
A very useful document for policy-makers Bioethicists are battling to produce guidelines for politicians and policy-makers in a puzzling time. The UK’s Nuffield Council on...
Competing Canadian reports on mental illness and euthanasia
Governments have to meet March deadline for amended legislation Photo by Ian Espinosa on Unsplash The Provincial and Federal governments in Canada need to amend...
Sperm donation from deceased donors should be permitted, ethicists say
A new JME article makes the case for harvesting sperm from dead donors. Scientists should be allowed to harvest sperm from dead donors, according to...
Ectogenesis keeps chugging along
Dutch team says it could be possible in five yearsThe film below is a brief snapshot of research into artificial wombs, or ectogenesis. The main...