March Archive

IVF “arrogant” and marital love only “worthy” way to conceive: Pope

Jared Yee | 03 March 2012

In a widely reported address, Pope Benedict XVI has again declared that the only acceptable way for children to be conceived is through intercourse between a man and a woman.

Britain’s super-surrogate pregnant again – with twins

Jared Yee | 03 March 2012

Jill Hawkins, of Brighton, has already acted as surrogate mother to eight children. She is now pregnant with twins. A legal secretary from Brighton, Miss Hawkins is the most prolific surrogate mother in Britain. She will go ahead with the pregnancy despite the serious health complications she faced during her last one in 2010.

Santorum sparks controversy over Dutch euthanasia

Michael Cook | 02 March 2012

So when US presidential hopeful Rick Santorum described the state of euthanasia in the Netherlands on February 3 in a forum in Missouri, he failed to kick a goal. In fact, the Washington Post fact checker, who is the son of Dutch migrants and whose uncle was euthanased, disparaged his “bogus statistics” and awarded him four Pinicchios. He was ridiculed in the New York Times and on Radio Netherlands.

Artificial nutrition and hydration should normally be withdrawn, says doctor

Michael Cook | 02 March 2012

An American doctor argues in the latest issue of the leading journal Bioethics that artificial nutrition and hydration should be withdrawn from all patients in a permanent vegetative state – unless there is clear evidence that they want to be kept alive.

UK bioethics group investigates new wave of brain technologies

Michael Cook | 02 March 2012

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics in the UK launched a consultation this week on the ethics of new types of technologies and devices that ‘intervene’ in the brain, such as brain-computer interfaces, deep brain stimulation, and neural stem cell therapy.

Bioethicist resigns from Texas stem cell company

Michael Cook | 02 March 2012

"Enough. I resigned from #Celltex Therapeutics on & effective 2/28/2012. I am preparing timely, lengthy, pointed comments on the whole matter." This is a Tweet this week from Glenn McGee, the embattled bioethicist who moved from the American Journal of Bioethics (AJOB) to a stem cell company in Texas.

February Archive

Ethicists give thumbs-up to infanticide

Michael Cook | 25 February 2012

If abortion, why not infanticide? This leading question is often treated as a canard by supporters of abortion. However, it is seriously argued by two Italian utilitarians and published online in the prestigious Journal of Medical Ethics this week.

Is honesty is the best policy on resumes?

Michael Cook | 25 February 2012

Patients expect honesty and attention to detail in their doctors. Unfortunately there is a large proportion who appear to be economical with the truth. Two recent studies looking at applications to training programs in obstetrics show that nearly 30 out of every 100 applicants took credit for non-existent research publications.

Newspaper sting uncovers sex-selective abortion in UK

Michael Cook | 25 February 2012

Some UK abortion clinics are falsifying paperwork so that they can carry out their clients’ requests for sex-selective terminations. Undercover reporters for the London Telegraph accompanied pregnant women and taped doctors arranging an abortion after an unequivocal request to abort a child because it was of the wrong sex.

Chinese couples seek surrogacy in US

Jared Yee | 25 February 2012

While Americans have long gone to China to adopt children, Chinese couples are now travelling to US surrogacy clinics because it is illegal in their home country.

Korea’s obsession with cosmetic surgery

Jared Yee | 25 February 2012

The internet is fanning the flame of a cosmetic surgery obsession in South Korea, experts say.

Research misconduct “widespread” in Chinese science: comment

Jared Yee | 25 February 2012

Research misconduct is “serious and widespread” among Chinese scientists, according to an editorial published in the China Daily.

Assisted-suicide booms in Switzerland

Jared Yee | 25 February 2012

The number of patients in Switzerland who killed themselves with the help of assisted-suicide organisations rose significantly in 2011, new figures show.

Doctors “fire” patients for refusing vaccines

Jared Yee | 25 February 2012

More and more American paediatricians are “firing” parents who refuse to vaccinate their children.

A Model Proposal for eliminating poverty in Motor City

Michael Cook | 22 February 2012

The eugenic temptation is ever with us. This seems to be the lesson conveyed by Editorial Page Editor of The Detroit News, Nolan Finley.

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