bioethics

You gotta have faith

Brian Lilley | 27 August 2008

Joe Biden's nomination as Barack Obama's running mate casts a shadow over the the Democrats' campaign. 

When picture-perfect is flawed

Margaret Somerville | 20 August 2008 | comment 10

To the organisers in Beijing, it was a detail, but lip-synching in the opening ceremony struck at the heart of the Olympic spirit. 

Affirming life

Margaret Somerville | 15 August 2008 | comment 17

“I am carrying this baby as long as he will let me, and will not be the killing hand.”

In Oregon, you have lots of options

Michael Cook | 15 August 2008 | comment 1

Oregon finds that it's cheaper to allow patients to commit suicide. 

Giving them reasons to live

Michelle Martin | 07 August 2008 | comment 22

Our duty to the mentally ill is brushed aside by the right-to-die lobby.

A joy that dementia could not crush

Colleen Carroll Campbell | 01 August 2008 | comment 15

The frail and elderly have an inherent dignity no disease or disability can erase.

Sex without consequences, a world without commitment

Christopher Tollefsen | 01 August 2008 | comment 7

A world shaped by contraception is one that is far from friendly to marriage and family.

Singapore’s fertility woes call for a rethink of sexual attitudes

Nick Chui | 31 July 2008 | comment 6

Frenzied attempts to boost birth rates in the city state ignore one key statistic: abortion rates.

The Pill: past its use-by date

Jennifer Roback Morse | 31 July 2008 | comment 24

Actually, the whole idea that technology can deliver consequence-free sex has outlived its shelf life.

Does sex have a future?

Michael Cook | 19 July 2008 | comment 10

The world's leading science journal sits on the fence. 

Apes get rights in Spain

Michael Cook | 11 July 2008 | comment 18

O for the glory days of Spanish radicalism.

Dignified arguments

Michael Cook | 27 June 2008 | comment 3

Has the world's leading science journal abandoned the ideal of human dignity?

The shameful history of population control

Rosa Linda Valenzona | 25 June 2008 | comment 7

Countless millions of people in developing countries have been robbed of their human rights and dignity by a movement still regarded as humanitarian.

Cracks in the population consensus

Carolyn Moynihan | 21 June 2008 | comment 4

When the leading advocates of reproductive choice cannot agree, things begin to look interesting.

Experimenting with children’s sexual identity

Carolyn Moynihan | 29 May 2008 | comment 12

Gender benders are consigning more and more disturbed children to the path of sex change on the basis of a shaky philosophy.

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