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Helium suicides at Dignitas described in leading journal
9 Mar 2010
A 13-year-old on euthanasia
9 Mar 2010
Swiss decide their animals don’t need lawyers
8 Mar 2010
Autonomy, not pain, was concern for Washington’s first assisted suicides
6 Mar 2010
Practical problems of ape personhood
6 Mar 2010

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Sympathectomy of the Soul
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Excellent history of euthanasia in the Netherlands.

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DNA testing makes them easy to trace.

The worldwide war on baby girls
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Technology, declining fertility and ancient prejudice are combining to unbalance societies

DNA’s Dirty Little Secret
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A forensic tool renowned for exonerating the innocent may actually be putting them in prison.


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