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.

Euthanasia fails again in Colombian congress

Michael Cook | 17 Apr 2021 |

tags: colombia, euthanasia

Numerous bills have failed since a 1997 court ruling

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Biden undoing pro-life ruling by his predecessor

Michael Cook | 17 Apr 2021 |

tags: fetal tissue research

Health Secretary Becerra has given the go-ahead for using human foetal tissue for medical research

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Human-monkey chimaeras grown for up to 20 days

Michael Cook | 17 Apr 2021 |

tags: chimera embryos

They are essential, but they do pose ethical issues, say researchers

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Resisting legalised euthanasia in New South Wales is looking problematic

Michael Cook | 17 Apr 2021 |

tags: new south wales

A push will come in September

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New York parent and child want to wed

Michael Cook | 17 Apr 2021 |

tags: incest

Not allowing it would diminish their humanity

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Prepare for ectogenesis, says bioethicist

Michael Cook | 17 Apr 2021 |

tags: ectogenesis

There will be ethical, psychological and financial challenges

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Is China forcibly sterilizing Uyghur women?

Michael Cook | 17 Apr 2021 |

tags: china, xinjiang

Probably, but it’s not mentioned in their propaganda videos

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New Mexico legalises assisted suicide

Michael Cook | 11 Apr 2021 |

tags: assisted suicide, new mexico

Compassion & Choices is cock-a-hoop

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Vaccine passports spark controversy

Michael Cook | 11 Apr 2021 |

tags: vaccine passports

Scientists, doctors, politicians and business at sixes and sevens

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UK research review is sceptical of medical treatment for gender dysphoria

Michael Cook | 11 Apr 2021 |

tags: transgenderism

The evidence for puberty blockers and gender-affirming hormones is of ‘low quality’

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Is abortion a global public health emergency?

Michael Cook | 11 Apr 2021 |

tags: abortion

Has Covid-19 created a precedent for dealing these emergencies?

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‘Dignity in dying’ legislation fails in France and Latvia

Michael Cook | 11 Apr 2021 |

tags: euthanasia, france, latvia

Delaying tactics kill bill in French Parliament

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Brain organoids give rise to novel ethical complications

Michael Cook | 11 Apr 2021 |

tags:

Could we create a ‘Planet of the Apes’?

Knock-on effects of same-sex marriage continue

Michael Cook | 11 Apr 2021 |

tags: same-sex marriage

The definitions of adultery and intercourse have to be modified

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Mum and dad lite: parenting without sex, romance, co-habitation or marriage

Michael Cook | 27 Mar 2021 |

tags: co-parenting, reproductive revolution

A ‘new phenomenon picking up speed’

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