August Archive


UK cosmetic surgery ads criticised as ‘unscrupulous”

04 August 2018 | Link
tags: cosmetic surgery
Channel advised to review its standards

Doctors’ well-being is suffering because of ‘moral injury’

04 August 2018 | Link
tags: burnout, moral injury, moral stress
Similar symptoms to PTSD soldiers

No privacy in a transhumanist future, says former presidential candidate

04 August 2018 | Link
tags: privacy, transhumanism
An old-fashioned concept

July Archive


British IVF clinics on a “gravy train”: Robert Winston

28 July 2018 | Link
tags: ivf, louise brown, robert winston
Mixing the "desperation" of couples for a child and the "avarice" of private practice is a "dangerous combination".

Another reason why cloning probably won’t work

28 July 2018 | Link
tags: chimeras, cloning
Most humans are chimeras

US psychologists to revisit ban on participation in interrogations

28 July 2018 | Link
tags: american psychological association, psychologists, war on terror
Some feel the ban went too far

South African bioethicist David Benatar explores the human predicament

28 July 2018 | Link
tags: anti-natalism, david benatar, pessimism, utilitarianism
And finds that it is not pleasant

Bioethicist says conscientious objection may be murder

Xavier Symons | 28 July 2018 | Link
tags: abortion, catholic church, catholic health care, conscientious objection, law, us
Recent contributions to the literature have been particularly strident.

China is struggling to undo a one-child culture

Xavier Symons | 28 July 2018 | Link
tags: abortion, birth control, china, divorce, one child policy, pro-natalism
Authorities are now pro-natalist -- but Chinese society is not.

Three children euthanised in Belgium

27 July 2018 | Link
tags: belgium, child euthanasia, euthanasia
Latest official report reveals reasons

Only 7% of social egg freezers return for fertility treatment at Belgian clinic

27 July 2018 | Link
tags: egg freezing, egg vitrification, social infertility
And only one-third have been successful

UK bioethics thinktank endorses germline modification

21 July 2018 | Link
tags: bioethics, genetic engineering, genetics, genomic essentialism, germline therapy, nuffield council on bioethics
“It is our view that genome editing is not morally unacceptable in itself,” says report author.

Enhancement, disease, and compulsory gene editing

Xavier Symons | 21 July 2018 | Link
tags: embryo research, embryo screening, gene editing, procreative beneficence
Could we have an obligation to gene-edit embryos?

Canadian man who killed disabled daughter seeks pardon

Xavier Symons | 21 July 2018 | Link
tags: assisted suicide, canada, disability rights, law, murder
65-year-old Robert Latimer wants his life-sentence to be revoked.

Israel legalises surrogacy for single mothers, not gay couples

Xavier Symons | 21 July 2018 | Link
tags: gay parenting, gay rights, israel, surrogacy
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been criticised for failing to support reform.


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