bioethics

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 13

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

A short history of voluntary death

Jose A Bufill | 21 May 2008 | comment 17

The ancients accepted it, Christians rejected it and now a post-Christian elite is embracing euthanasia again.

Human dignity, what a stupid idea!

Michael Cook | 17 May 2008 | comment 30

At least, that’s what a psychology professor at Harvard thinks.

The pain of watching children die

Margaret Somerville | 16 May 2008 | comment 5

The father of an 11-year-old Canadian boy with leukemia wants to stop his painful treatment. The doctors say No. Who’s right?

The Philippines’ ethical time bomb

Dean Menchavez | 09 May 2008 | comment 14

Filipinos have narrowly escaped the establishment of a legal market for organs. But will the new system work?

Girls, unprotected

Melinda Tankard Reist | 08 May 2008 | comment 11

The insertion of long-acting contraceptives into the bodies of young girls does not protect them from sexual abuse. It sets them up for greater exploitation.

Treat your goldfish well – or else!

Michael Cook | 02 May 2008 | comment 34

Depriving a goldfish of fishy companions has become a crime in Switzerland.

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