DISABILITY

UN official criticizes ‘liberal eugenics’

Michael Cook | 18 April 2020 | Comments

tags: disability

Disability expert denounces ‘ableism’

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Australia’s window onto exclusion of people with Down syndrome

Michael Cook | 29 February 2020 | Comments

tags: disability, down syndrome

Mother recalls her tears when she heard the news

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In defence of Peter Singer

Michael Cook | 22 February 2020 | Comments

tags: disability, effective altruism, peter singer

The notorious utilitarian philosopher has been de-platformed in New Zealand

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Disabled child abandoned in Ukraine shines light on troubled surrogacy industry

Xavier Symons | 24 August 2019 | Comments

tags: commercial surrogacy, disability, surrogacy, ukraine

Children are being abandoned by their commissioning parents

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New South Wales debates decriminalisation of abortion

Xavier Symons | 03 August 2019 | Comments

tags: abortion, disability, new south wales, sex-selection

A new bill would allow abortion for any reason up to 22 weeks.

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Warnock reminisces about her famous report on embryo experimentation

Michael Cook | 06 May 2018 | Comments

tags: disability, ivf, mary warnock, warnock report

At 94, she is still going strong

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How do the Dutch respond to euthanasia requests from the intellectually disabled?

Michael Cook | 14 April 2018 | Comments

tags: disability, euthanasia

Not with great insight or sensitivity, according to a recent study

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Debate intensifies over Down syndrome abortions

Xavier Symons | 07 April 2018 | Comments

tags: abortion, disability, down syndrome, law, us

Political commentators have clashed in the US over down syndrome abortions.

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Disability rights activists decry Delaware assisted suicide bill

Xavier Symons | 10 February 2018 | Comments

tags: assisted suicide, assisted suicide safeguards, disability, law, us

The bill would allow assisted suicide for patients with intellectual disabilities.

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ShanidarCare: Neanderthals cared for their own

Michael Cook | 28 October 2017 | Comments

tags: disability, healthcare, humanity, neanderthal

50,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers cared lovingly for their disabled

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Pope Francis slams eugenic mentality behind down-syndrome abortions

Xavier Symons | 28 October 2017 | Comments

tags: abortion, disability, down syndrome, pope francis

The Pope says that people with disabilities face an “attitude of rejection”.

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‘Consult the disabled before enhancing people’ disabled poet advises

Michael Cook | 10 June 2017 | Comments

tags: disability, enhancement

The bittersweet feeling of seeing your disability disappear

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Searing report on Hungarian home for disabled forces closure

Michael Cook | 06 May 2017 | Comments

tags: deinstitutionalisation, disability, hungary

Government to opt for de-institutionalisation

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Counting Down syndrome Americans

Michael Cook | 29 April 2017 | Comments

tags: disability, down syndrome

Life expectancy has risen steeply

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Bill to restrict disability-selective abortion progresses in House of Lords

Xavier Symons | 12 November 2016 | Comments

tags: abortion, disability, uk

A UK bill that would restrict disability-selective abortion has passed its second reading.

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Are abortions for cleft palate rising in the UK?

Michael Cook | 10 September 2016 | Comments

tags: abortion, disability, uk

The latest figures suggest that pre-natal tests are to blame

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Rethinking disability and procreation

Xavier Symons | 10 September 2016 | Comments

tags: abortion, art, bioethics and the humanities, disability

A disability advocate reflects on life with two disabled children.

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Diversity, disability and eugenics: an interview with Rob Sparrow

Xavier Symons | 11 August 2016 | Comments

tags: abortion, disability, eugenics, forced sterilization, genetic screening, interviews

In a provocative interview with BioEdge, influential bioethicist and philosopher Rob Sparrow discusses various current controversies in bioethics.

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19 intellectually disabled murdered in Japan

Michael Cook | 06 August 2016 | Comments

tags: disability, eugenics, japan

Killer wanted to reduce the burden on society

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Pope attacks culture of ‘perfect people’

Michael Cook | 18 June 2016 | Comments

tags: disability, Pope Francis

"They become an unacceptable economic burden in time of crisis"

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