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Jared Yee
Medical journal calls for debate on “therapeutic homicide”
Jared Yee | 30 Jun 2012 |
The Canadian Medical Association Journal says that euthanasia is "therapeutic homicide" which requires extremely robust arguments to justify it.
Compensation for victims of North Carolina eugenics program abandoned
Jared Yee | 23 Jun 2012 |
North Carolina's effort to compensate victims of a widespread and decades-long eugenics program that extended into the 1970s was derailed in the State Senate this week.
Hungarian “racial purity” genome test slammed
Jared Yee | 23 Jun 2012 |
The Hungarian Medical Research Council (ETT), which advises the government on health policy, has asked public prosecutors to investigate a genetic-testing company that confirmed that a member of parliament was of pure Hungarian stock and did not have Jewish or Roma heritage.
Swiss canton to get first assisted suicide law
Jared Yee | 23 Jun 2012 |
The French-speaking Swiss canton of Vaud will become the first to introduce a law which explicitly allows assisted suicide.
Bioethicist denounces silence on Taliban polio vaccine ban
Jared Yee | 21 Jun 2012 |
Bioethicist Art Caplan has denounced international silence after a powerful Taliban leader in northern Pakistan banned the vaccination of 161,000 children against polio.
Serial killer dies in Irish jail after three years in a coma
Jared Yee | 16 Jun 2012 |
A notorious serial killer and rapist died in an Irish jail last month at the age of 69 after spending more than three years in a coma.
Canadian man wants sperm deal with lesbian couple voided
Jared Yee | 16 Jun 2012 |
A Canadian man who donated sperm to a lesbian couple has said he signed a deal with them "under duress" is now demanding the courts recognise him as a father with liberal access rights.
Euthanasia campaigner fights for job while attending right-to die congress in Zurich
Jared Yee | 16 Jun 2012 |
Euthanasia advocate Dr Philip Nitschke, founder of Exit International, fears he will lose his medical licence over his involvement in the death of an Australian woman suffering from motor neuron disease.
Man donates kidney, gets no insurance
Jared Yee | 16 Jun 2012 |
Radburn Royer, of Minnesota, donated his kidney to his daughter Erika after her lupus caused kidney failure. Now 31, Erika is fine, but her physically active 53-year-old father has been unable to obtain private health insurance.
European crisis boosts illegal trade in body parts
Jared Yee | 9 Jun 2012 |
The financial crisis in Europe has sparked an increase in the trade of human body parts, as families and individuals scramble to put food on the table.
New Jersey surrogacy bill could allow paid surrogate “carriers”
Jared Yee | 9 Jun 2012 |
The landmark Baby M case -- a messy affair in which a surrogate refused to give away her parental rights to the child she carried -- swung an international spotlight on surrogate mothers' rights in New Jersey.
Children with 3 parents could become a reality
Jared Yee | 9 Jun 2012 |
Children with three genetic parents could become reality in the UK.
“Human barcode” could organise society, erode privacy and civil liberties
Jared Yee | 9 Jun 2012 |
Science fiction writer Elizabeth Moon has rekindled the debate over whether it's a good idea to "barcode" infants at birth.
Spanish doctor ordered to pay child support after failed abortion
Jared Yee | 2 Jun 2012 |
A Spanish doctor has been ordered to pay child support after a failed abortion.
Organ trading, donation make headlines
Jared Yee | 2 Jun 2012 |
A worldwide illegal trade in kidneys is sharply expanding, according to the World Health Organisation.
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