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.

Japan tries AI matchmaking

Michael Cook | 13 Dec 2020 |

tags: ai, fertility, japan

Another desperate attempt to raise the country’s fertility rate

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China uses AI to create facial recognition surveillance of Uyghurs

Michael Cook | 13 Dec 2020 |

tags: ai, china, facial recognition technology, uyghurs, xinjiang

The facial recognition system is programmed to send “Uyghur alarms” to the police

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The 27-year-old infant

Michael Cook | 6 Dec 2020 |

tags: embryo donation

World record for time as a frozen embryo for Molly Gibson

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UK High Court bans transgender puberty blockers for under-16s

Michael Cook | 6 Dec 2020 |

tags: transgender, uk

A detransitioned woman, Keira Bell, has won a resounding victory

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Some ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ orders were wrongly assigned in UK nursing homes

Michael Cook | 6 Dec 2020 |

tags: do not resuscitate, quality care commission, uk

The Quality Care Commission is investigating

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Should bioethicists look more closely at cosmetic leg-lengthening?

Michael Cook | 6 Dec 2020 |

tags: cosmetic leg-lengthening, cosmetic surgery

There has been little to no debate

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Activists promoting new way to overcome abortion stigma

Michael Cook | 6 Dec 2020 |

tags: contraception

The ‘Missed Period Pill’ is a psychological cushion for women conflicted about abortion

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What ethical principles do we need in the Covid-19 pandemic?

Michael Cook | 6 Dec 2020 |

tags:

WHO bioethicists have six rules of thumb

Catholic bioethicists form coalition to lobby against hard lockdowns

Michael Cook | 6 Dec 2020 |

tags: catholic church, coronavirus, lockdowns

The right to religious freedom and the right to visitation are under threat, they claim

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Japan suicides spike during pandemic

Michael Cook | 6 Dec 2020 |

tags: coronavirus, japan, suicide

Women have been disproportionately affected

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Belgian authorities investigating allegedly illegal euthanasia deaths

Michael Cook | 29 Nov 2020 |

tags: belgium, euthanasia

Two doctors have been interviewed

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European Parliament condemns Poland’s conservative stand on abortion

Michael Cook | 29 Nov 2020 |

tags: abortion, european union, poland

Resolution repeats the demands of protesters

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Marie Stopes’s most famous memorial scrubs her name off the brand 

Michael Cook | 29 Nov 2020 |

tags:

A woman who promoted eugenics is not a great advertisement

Will Covid-19 dethrone ‘autonomy’ as the dominant principle of bioethics?

Michael Cook | 29 Nov 2020 |

tags: autonomy

A number of bioethicists believe that more emphasis on solidarity is needed

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Have the Swiss smuggled religion into their constitution?

Michael Cook | 29 Nov 2020 |

tags: dignity, switzerland

The 1992 referendum demands respect for the ‘dignity’ of creatures

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