Michael Cook

Michael Cook likes bad puns, bushwalking and black coffee. He did a BA at Harvard University in the US where it was good for networking, but moved to Sydney where it wasn’t. He also did a PhD on an obscure corner of Australian literature. He has worked as a book editor and magazine editor and has published articles in magazines and newspapers in the US, the UK and Australia. Currently he is the editor of BioEdge, a newsletter about bioethics, and MercatorNet. He also writes a bioethics column for Australasian Science.

US study says assisted suicide laws rife with dangers to people with disabilities

Michael Cook | 13 Oct 2019 |

tags: assisted suicide, disabilities, euthanasia, united states

People will be forced to take a low-cost option, National Council on Disability warns

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Uyghur graves systematically destroyed in Xinjiang

Michael Cook | 13 Oct 2019 |

tags:

Part of a campaign of cultural genocide 

Oregon doctor sues over ‘irresponsible’ use of his sperm by IVF clinic  

Michael Cook | 13 Oct 2019 |

tags: oregon, sperm donation

After 30 years, he discovered that he had fathered at least 17 children

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More foetal remains found in abortion doctor’s property

Michael Cook | 13 Oct 2019 |

tags: abortion, United States

Total now is 2,411

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French activists protest IVF for single women and lesbians

Michael Cook | 13 Oct 2019 |

tags: france, ivf, sperm donation

Legislation goes to the Senate next

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UK High Court defines ‘motherhood’ in controversial transgender case

Michael Cook | 29 Sep 2019 |

tags: birth certificates, parenthood, transgenderism

Guardian journalist vows to appeal

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Is it ethical for deaf parents to choose to have deaf children?

Michael Cook | 29 Sep 2019 |

tags: deafness, eugenics

Much depends on whether you see deafness as a disability

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Abortion legalised in Australia’s most populous state

Michael Cook | 29 Sep 2019 |

tags: abortion, australia, new south wales

Fierce debate threatened to fracture government

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Italy’s highest court rules that assisted suicide is permissible

Michael Cook | 29 Sep 2019 |

tags: euthanasia, italy

Sets some boundaries

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Should patients with anorexia be force fed?

Michael Cook | 29 Sep 2019 |

tags: anorexia nervosa, informed consent, transgenderism

Yes, says a Hong Kong lawyer

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Defending conscientious objection

Michael Cook | 29 Sep 2019 |

tags:

The latest issue of ‘The New Bioethics’ has several interesting articles

Some guys just like to collect foetal remains. What’s the big deal?

Michael Cook | 22 Sep 2019 |

tags: abortion, respect for bodies

A horrifying discovery on the property of a deceased American abortionist

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Ashes to ashes and dust to dust

Michael Cook | 22 Sep 2019 |

tags: cremation, human composting, respect for bodies

Turning human remains into compost for your tomatoes

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When love in a marriage is dead…

Michael Cook | 22 Sep 2019 |

tags: brain death, informed consent

What if your spouse-to-be is brain dead?

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Transhuman in the race for Transhumanist Party leadership

Michael Cook | 22 Sep 2019 |

tags: transhumanism

There are nine candidates

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