POLITICS

Queensland government postpones euthanasia legislation

Xavier Symons | 24 May 2020 | Comments

tags: australia, euthanasia, politics, queensland

The government faces a tough election battle in October.

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Abortion by prescription now rivals surgery in US

Xavier Symons | 05 November 2016 | Comments

tags: abortion, planned parenthood, politics, us

Abortion by prescription now rivals surgery in the US, according to 2014 Planned Parenthood data.

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Doctors call for government action as suicide increases

Xavier Symons | 21 May 2016 | Comments

tags: gun control, politics, public health, suicide, US

A US doctor has voiced grave concern about government inaction on increasing suicide rates in the country.

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Playing the bioethical Trump card

Xavier Symons | 02 April 2016 | Comments

tags: abortion, politics, politics and bioethics, US

What do bioethicists think of Donald Trump?

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The vexing question of anti-vaxxers

Xavier Symons | 07 February 2015 | Comments

tags: civil liberties, conscientious objection, politics, vaccination

A major outbreak of measles in California has ignited a huge debate over compulsory vaccination in the US.

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Political views are reflected in brain structure

Michael Cook | 09 April 2011 | Comments

tags: neuroscience, politics

A number of studies have found that there is a genetic or psychological basis for political preferences. Now reseachers at University College London, writing in Current Biology, claim that these are also related to brain structures.

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Hazy end-of-life concepts cloud euthanasia debate

Jared Yee | 07 April 2011 | Comments

tags: assisted suicide, euthanasia, law, politics

An authentic public debate on “legalising euthanasia” can only occur after a clear distinction is made between assisted suicide and euthanasia and the refusal, withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining measures, says a Queensland University of Technology (QUT) law academic.

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Has Ukraine’s PM exploited swine flu panic?

Michael Cook | 17 December 2009 | Comments

tags: pandemic, politics, swine flu

Yulia Tymoshenko may have deliberately exaggerated fears of a swine-flu epidemic to boost her flagging presidential campaign.

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Plan for tighter limits on stem cell research fails

Jared Yee | 28 November 2009 | Comments

tags: Nebraska, politics, stem cells

Nebraskan university will abide by Obama’s federal stem cell research policies