“Baby Joseph” returns to Canada, breathing on his own
Joseph Maraachli, the boy whose family refused to accept a Canadian hospital’s recommendation to remove his breathing tube and allow him to die, is now...
Canadian baby at heart of ethics debate goes to US for surgery
Canadian doctors wouldn’t treat him A tear-jerking futile care case has been fought in Canada with the help of American firepower. One-year-old Joseph Maraachli, the child...
Roberto Abadie: the world of the professional guinea pig
An interview with the author of The Professional Guinea PigRoberto Abadie has just published The Professional Guinea Pig: Big Pharma and the Risky World of...
Is posthumous conception enough to make you a parent?
No, says Social Security Agency in Utah Should a child born three years after his father’s death be eligible for survivor Social Security benefits? This...
May doctors ethically retrieve eggs from comatose women?
Intriguing case at MGH In 2008 doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital were presented with a novel ethical dilemma. A 36-year-old woman had collapsed on an...
Is Nitschke linked to suicides of two university students?
Are the young taking Nitschke's advice? British police are reportedly studying whether the suicides of two students at Edinburgh University are linked to literature published...
Nitschke takes up computer hacking
Classes for senior on how to download forbidden euthanasia manuals Euthanasia activist Dr Philip Nitschke has is holding 'hacking masterclasses' to show senior citizens how...
Nitschke unapologetic about collateral damage
Figures for Nembutal deaths in Australia released. Finally, a key performance indicator for Australian euthanasia activist Dr Philip Nitschke! In Australia, after recent legislation, it...
Parents fight to keep brain-damaged Canadian baby on ventilator
Doctors seek to remove Isaiah May A Canadian baby on a life-supporting ventilator has become the centre of the latest controversy over futile medical treatment....
Has Ukraine’s PM exploited swine flu panic?
Yulia Tymoshenko may have deliberately exaggerated fears of a swine-flu epidemic to boost her flagging presidential campaign. Public health officials have warned that the threat...
Poland may chemically castrate sex offenders
... if the bill survives legal challenges One of the world's best-known Poles, Roman Polanski, would be chemically castrated if he had been found guilty...
Nitschke welcomed in Singapore after cold shoulder in UK
But Nitschke may move to UK Loathed by both supporters and opponents of legalised voluntary euthanasia, Australian activist Dr Philip Nitschke is thinking of moving...