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.

Canadian parliament refuses to condemn sex-selective abortion

Michael Cook | 5 Jun 2021 |

tags: abortion, sex-selective abortion

Fears that it could be the think edge of the wedge for abortions restrictions

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Australia moves towards ‘assisted dying’

Michael Cook | 5 Jun 2021 |

tags: assisted dying, australia

By the end of the year, New South Wales could be the only hold-out

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Oregon millionaire wins court battle to be a single dad

Michael Cook | 5 Jun 2021 |

tags: reproductive revolution, surrogacy

Genetic mother excluded from child’s life

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UK doctor banned from reversing chemical abortions

Michael Cook | 5 Jun 2021 |

tags: abortion, msi reproductive choices

MSI International complained

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Is hope bad for you?

Michael Cook | 5 Jun 2021 |

tags: death, hope

It can distort your judgement

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UK court forces pregnant woman with agoraphobia to give birth in hospital

Michael Cook | 5 Jun 2021 |

tags: court of protection

Outrageous and draconian, say critics

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Victorian government refuses to create register for ‘informal’ sperm donation

Michael Cook | 5 Jun 2021 |

tags: sperm donation, victoria

Facebook and other channels have become increasingly popular

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Sex-selective abortion in India keeps claiming more victims

Michael Cook | 30 May 2021 |

tags: gendercide, india

A study in The Lancet Global Health finds that at least 13.5 million girls were aborted over 30 years

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Stem cell experts relax call for abolition of 14-day rule

Michael Cook | 30 May 2021 |

tags: 14 day rule, isscr, stem cell research, zoom

“Utter disregard for the value and dignity of human life,” say American politicians

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World Medical Association moots mandatory referral for abortion and euthanasia

Michael Cook | 30 May 2021 |

tags: referral, world medical association

It is revising the International Code of Medical Ethics

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UDDA and RUDDA: uproar over possible change in brain death criteria

Michael Cook | 30 May 2021 |

tags: brain death, uniform determination of death act

When are you really dead?

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IVF for over-40 UK women has risen 20-fold

Michael Cook | 30 May 2021 |

tags: hfea, ivf

HFEA is pressing for changes in legislation

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‘Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust’ – Colorado takes the ancient rubrics literally

Michael Cook | 30 May 2021 |

tags: colorado, human composting

Another state legalizes human composting

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Building back better in bioethics

Michael Cook | 30 May 2021 |

tags: covid-19, critical race theory

Battered by the pandemic, bioethicists reflect on the future

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Texas’ strict new abortion law has a novel twist

Michael Cook | 22 May 2021 |

tags: abortion, texas

Abortion foes are hoping that appeals will bring it to SCOTUS

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