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Xavier Symons
Xavier Symons is a Masters student in philosophy at Sydney University and has a keen interest in bioethics. Aside from his studies he enjoys playing guitar and reading American literature. He has contributed to a number of online publications, in addition to his work with BioEdge. |
Breakthrough in therapeutic cloning reignites debate
Xavier Symons | 18 May 2013 |
Cloning humans might be one step closer, with scientists in the US managing to use adult skin cells to produce an embryo clone.
New bill to end IVF 'discrimination' in South Australia
Xavier Symons | 18 May 2013 |
A new bill is before the South Australian parliament that would make IVF available to lesbian couples and fertile single mothers
Woman sentenced to 5 years jail for cruel surrogacy fraud
Xavier Symons | 18 May 2013 |
A Californian women has been sentenced to 5 years imprisonment after she misappropriated US$2.5 million from a surrogacy company. Tonya Ann Collins, 37, set up the company Surrogenesis in 2005, along with the escrow company Michael Charles Independent Financial Holding Group.
Thorny custody case could set precedent for disabled parents
Xavier Symons | 18 May 2013 |
A complex custody dispute has come before an Israeli court, raising questions about the limits of legal parenthood as well as the rights of parents with disabilities. A disabled woman is taking state social services to court after being denied custody of a child she had conceived by surrogacy.
Australian court rejects 'wrongful birth' claim
Xavier Symons | 10 May 2013 |
The concept of 'wrongful birth' has suffered another defeat, this time in Australia.
Polish minister dismissed over controversial IVF comments
Xavier Symons | 10 May 2013 |
Poland's Justice Minster was sacked this week after accusing German scientists of importing Polish embryos for experiments.
Bioethics and John Maynard Keynes
Xavier Symons | 10 May 2013 |
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A media firestorm broke out last week after Harvard’s celebrity economic historian Niall Ferguson said that Keynes's views were affected by his homosexuality.
Select your child's sex and have a great Thai holiday, too!
Xavier Symons | 10 May 2013 |
An Australian health tourism company is offering a new package for couples seeking a sex-selective IVF.
Just words: rethinking living wills with speech-act theory
Xavier Symons | 10 May 2013 |
What do people mean when they make living wills?
Is advocating infanticide "madness"?
Xavier Symons | 4 May 2013 |
Not everyone in the “pro-life” camp is singing from the same song sheet in the controversy over infanticide. In this month's Journal of Medical Ethics two leading foes of abortion debate the reasonableness of arguments for infanticide.
Singer and Tooley on the mindset of "pro-lifers"
Xavier Symons | 4 May 2013 |
The infanticide debate in the Journal of Medical Ethics has garnered comments from the grand old men of infanticide, the Australian Peter Singer and the American Michael Tooley.
Peter Singer supports “pro-life” free speech
Xavier Symons | 4 May 2013 |
Peter Singer supports free speech for foes of abortion
The controversial therapy of “emotional support animals"
Xavier Symons | 27 Apr 2013 |
Are we exploiting animals by relying on them for solace?
British media personality sparks debate with IVF horror story
Xavier Symons | 27 Apr 2013 |
Prominent British writer and producer Samantha Brick has spoken of her devastating experience with IVF in a recent column in the Daily Mail.
Bioengineered kidneys could help alleviate organ shortage
Xavier Symons | 27 Apr 2013 |
Scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston have created bioengineered rat kidneys which successfully filter blood and produce urine. If the technique works with humans, it could do away with the need for donor kidneys.
The buying and selling of MD prescription data
Xavier Symons | 27 Apr 2013 |
Fancy having your prescription data sold to pharmaceutical corporations?
Parents needn’t tell donor children their origins’ says leading British think-tank
Xavier Symons | 20 Apr 2013 |
Should parents be required to tell donor children of their origins? An influential British think-tank says No.
Force-feeding at Guantanamo Bay condemned
Xavier Symons | 19 Apr 2013 |
The US military came under fire this week for force-feeding prisoners on hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay.
One in 5 elderly Americans prescribed dangerous medications
Xavier Symons | 19 Apr 2013 |
A study of more than 6 million American seniors has found that 21% received a prescription for at least one potentially harmful "high-risk medication”
Liverpool Care Pathway slammed in BMJ
Xavier Symons | 6 Apr 2013 |
The highly controversial Liverpool Care Pathway has been slammed in the British Medical Journal. In a scathing letter, psychiatrist Eugene Breen has criticised the protocol as vague and easily abused.
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