UK

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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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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Organ donation in an age of social media

Xavier Symons | 07 April 2018 | Comments

tags: consent, organ donation, social media, transplantation ethics, uk

Perhaps social media might be utilised to solicit more donations.

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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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British infant has life support withdrawn after court battle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A court has ordered life support to be withdrawn from an 11-month-old boy.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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UK Parliament to debate conscientious objection

Michael Cook | 27 January 2018 | Comments

tags: conscientious objection, uk

A website, the Free Conscience Campaign, launched to back bill

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Woman in minimally conscious state should be allowed to die – UK court

Xavier Symons | 11 November 2017 | Comments

tags: artificial nutrition and hydration, best interests, law, uk, withdrawal of life support

A British High Court judge has ruled that an elderly woman in minimally conscious state should have artificial feeding withdrawn

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Mary Stopes staff pressured into pursuing abortions

Xavier Symons | 21 October 2017 | Comments

tags: abortion, clinical ethics, consent, professional ethics, uk

Marie Stopes has come under scrutiny after a review of one of its clinics.

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British man with motor neurone disease loses fight for assisted suicide in UK court

Michael Cook | 07 October 2017 | Comments

tags: assisted suicide, uk

Challenge to Suicide Act 1961 fails

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British childbirth doctors back decriminalised abortion

Michael Cook | 23 September 2017 | Comments

tags: abortion, decriminalization, uk

Now three major medical lobby groups support it

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Update from the UK: Noel Conway can challenge assisted dying ban

Clark Hobson | 24 June 2017 | Comments

tags: assisted dying, assisted suicide, euthanasia, noel conway, uk

Although Parliament is clearly opposed, a way is opening in the courts

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Charlie Gard saga may end in days

Xavier Symons | 10 June 2017 | Comments

tags: medical futility, neonatal care, uk, withdrawal of life support

The European Court of Human Rights is considering whether to to allow the withdrawal of treatment.

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British surgeon sentenced to 15 years in jail

Michael Cook | 02 June 2017 | Comments

tags: malfeasance, malpractice, surgery, uk

He performed hundreds of unnecessary operations, leaving patients traumatised and disfigured

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Abortion debate front and centre in UK elections

Xavier Symons | 28 May 2017 | Comments

tags: abortion, northern ireland, uk

Corbyn back-pedals on abortion in Northern Ireland

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UK star surgeon backs euthanasia despite danger of elder abuse

Michael Cook | 19 May 2017 | Comments

tags: assisted suicide, elder abuse, euthanasia, uk

Collateral damage is not such a big deal, says Henry Marsh

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UK Gay dads go into international surrogacy business

Michael Cook | 13 May 2017 | Comments

tags: surrogacy, surrogate motherhood, uk

Illegal in Britain, but not in the US

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UK IVF providers trading “free treatment” for egg donation

Xavier Symons | 06 May 2017 | Comments

tags: clinical ethics, commercialization, ivf, uk

Journalists allege that women are being pressuring into exchanging eggs for free IVF treatment.

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Sperm bring in ‘serious money’ for London hospital

Michael Cook | 07 April 2017 | Comments

tags: australia, monash ivf, sperm donation, uk

Male gametes become a commodity which crosses borders

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