Canada
The euthanasia debate resurfaces
Margaret Somerville | 30 October 2009
There are deeply-rooted cultural reasons why the Western world returns again and again to euthanasia as a solution to the problems of suffering and death.
Do genetic ties matter?
Margaret Somerville | 19 October 2009
Should adopted children have the right to be connected in some way to their biological parents?
Softened up for death
Cristina Alarcon | 22 September 2009
Could our persistent search for a hardship-free world be blinding us to the value of suffering?
Justifying one’s existence
Barbara Kay | 28 July 2009
Choosing to live out one’s natural life will soon be as unpopular as refusing an abortion.
Respect for conscience must be a social value
Margaret Somerville | 17 October 2008
In mature Western democracies we have competing societal values, with abortion at the eye of the storm.
The best get convictions; the worst get medals
Nigel Hannaford | 09 October 2008
A Canadian woman has spent nearly half of the last 14 years in jail as a prisoner of conscience. Why doesn't she have a medal?
Canada debates foetal homicide
Margaret Somerville | 08 April 2008
Canada is debating Bill C-484, The Unborn Victims of Crime Act. Abortion. Pro-choice.
Abortion: giving new life to the debate
Margaret Somerville | 26 January 2008
Suppressing debate on the morality of abortion violates the right of free speech and an ethical instinct.
Recognising the youngest victims of crime
Margaret Somerville | 23 November 2007
Should killing or injuring a fetus be a crime in Canada?
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