Death panel dudgeon

Michael Cook | 26 October 2009 | comment 25

A very public disagreement between two prominent American bioethicists shows that they have only themselves to blame for attacks on their profession.

Chimps R’nt Us

Richard Umbers | 06 October 2009 | comment 58

If the chimpanzee genome is 98.6% human, does that mean that chimps deserve 98.6% of human rights?

The president’s health reform and the life issues

Brian Lilley | 26 September 2009 | comment 7

It is possible to have health reform without shuttting down Catholic hospitals. Follow Canada's lead.

Softened up for death

Cristina Alarcon | 22 September 2009 | comment 13

Could our persistent search for a hardship-free world be blinding us to the value of suffering?

Ethics of paying for test-tube babies

Margaret Somerville | 16 September 2009

If society pays the costs for creating test-tube babies, we also have to accept the ethical responsibility.

The guru of philanthropy

Michael Cook | 04 September 2009 | comment 23

Peter Singer's latest cause is lifting billions out of poverty.

A tarnished gold standard

Michael Cook | 17 August 2009 | comment 3

The last-ditch defence for experimenting with human embryonic stem cells is that they are a “gold standard” for stem cell research. Nonsense.

Babies have a right to a heritage

Brenda Almond | 13 August 2009 | comment 14

Fertility clinics are creating a new class of dispossessed human beings, says a British philosopher. 

Iran’s plummeting birth rates

Michael Cook | 12 August 2009 | comment 2

Despite its fundamentalist Islamic reputation Iran has experimented with birth control with some unexpected, and unwelcome, consequences.

Perilous quest for perfection

Margaret Somerville | 10 August 2009 | comment 7

Imperfections are part of what makes each of us unique and if we eliminate them, we risk losing our souls. 

UN Disabilities Treaty does not create abortion rights

Austin Ruse and Piero A. Tozzi | 05 August 2009 | comment 2

Abortion has not been smuggled into international law by hiding under the banner of "sexual and reproductive health". 

The expanding universe of mental illness

Theron Bowers | 30 July 2009 | comment 11

Will the new psychiatric bible be a victory for science, or politics?

‘I need to wait’

Christopher Blunt | 30 July 2009 | comment 4

Surprisingly good messages about teenage sex and parenthood surface in an MTV series.

India re-colonised: the march of Western values

Anjalee Lewis | 29 July 2009 | comment 6

The legalizing of homosexual relationships by a Delhi court shows that a global, secular culture is gaining ground.

Justifying one’s existence

Barbara Kay | 28 July 2009 | comment 7

Choosing to live out one’s natural life will soon be as unpopular as refusing an abortion.

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