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Nabbing the “Golden State Killer” poses bioethics question

Xavier Symons | 16 June 2018 | Comments

tags: california, consent, crime, dna database, law, privacy

The Golden State Killer case was cracked using a DNA matching website.

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The 50 year legacy of the Harvard brain death report

Xavier Symons | 16 June 2018 | Comments

tags: brain death, law, organ procurement

50 years on, the brain death criterion remains controversial.

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VSED is gaining traction as an end-of-life option

Xavier Symons | 16 June 2018 | Comments

tags: canada, euthanasia, law, us, voluntarily stopping eating and drinking, vsed

Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED) appears to be becoming more common.

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What will happen to California’s assisted suicide law?

Xavier Symons | 02 June 2018 | Comments

tags: assisted suicide, california, law

Experts say the law will be reinstated or new legislation passed.

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A person? A thing? No, it’s a chimpanzee!

Xavier Symons | 02 June 2018 | Comments

tags: animal rights, law, personhood, us

A New York judge has raised hopes that chimpanzees will be given legal rights.

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Alfie Evans ‘culture wars’

Xavier Symons | 02 June 2018 | Comments

tags: alfie evans, best interests, charlie gard, culture wars, law, uk

Bioethicists have criticised the politicisation of the case.

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California judge overturns assisted suicide

Xavier Symons | 19 May 2018 | Comments

tags: assisted suicide, california, law

Lawmakers are planning an appeal.

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British toddler Alfie Evans dies in hospital

Xavier Symons | 28 April 2018 | Comments

tags: alfie evans, best interests, law, uk

Protesters have attempted to storm Alder Hey Hospital.

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Court rejects Alfie Evans appeal

Xavier Symons | 21 April 2018 | Comments

tags: alfie evans, end of life issues, end-of-life care, law, medical futility, uk

Courts say Alfie Evans should not receive experimental treatment.

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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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UK government: Parents should tell their surrogate children about their birth

Xavier Symons | 04 March 2018 | Comments

tags: genetic bewilderment, law, surrogacy, uk

The Department for Health and Social Care have published surrogacy guidelines.

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Thai court grants Japanese man custody of 13 surrogate children

Xavier Symons | 24 February 2018 | Comments

tags: commercial surrogacy, japan, law, surrogacy, thailand

An extraordinary commercial surrogacy court case has come to a close.

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Date set for Ireland’s abortion referendum

Xavier Symons | 24 February 2018 | Comments

tags: abortion, catholicism, ireland, law

Ireland will go to the polls on May 25

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ACLU challenges Ohio’s down syndrome abortion law

Xavier Symons | 17 February 2018 | Comments

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

The ACLU has launched a legal challenge against Ohio’s new down syndrome abortion law.

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‘Father of 15’ testifies at surrogacy trial

Xavier Symons | 10 February 2018 | Comments

tags: commercial surrogacy, law, surrogacy, thailand

A Japanese man believed to have fathered 15 surrogate children has testified in a Thai court.

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South Korea’s advance directives program goes into effect

Xavier Symons | 10 February 2018 | Comments

tags: advance directives, artificial nutrition and hydration, law, south korea, withdrawal of treatment

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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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Canadian court tells doctors they must refer for euthanasia

Xavier Symons | 03 February 2018 | Comments

tags: canada, complicity, cooperation in evil, euthanasia, law, maid

An Ontario court has told a group of doctors that they must refer for MAiD.

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British infant has life support withdrawn after court battle

Xavier Symons | 03 February 2018 | Comments

tags: charlie gard, law, uk, withdrawal of life support

A court has ordered life support to be withdrawn from an 11-month-old boy.

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Conscientious objection and withdrawal of life support

Xavier Symons | 03 February 2018 | Comments

tags: courts, law, uk, withdrawal of life support

Are British doctors obliged to withdraw life support if requested by a patient?

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