life issues How legal euthanasia changed Belgium for everTom Mortier and Steven Bieseman | 17 May 2013 |tags: autonomy, Belgium, euthanasiaThe ideology of absolute self-determination has become sacred and unquestionable.  There’s always another choiceAnne Ponton | 09 May 2013 |tags: abortion, premature birth, pro-choiceA Texas mother remembers how doctors struggled to save her premature twin daughters.  Revisiting the “after-birth abortion” controversyShimon Glick | 08 May 2013 |tags: after-birth abortion, bioethics, Jewish medical ethicsAn expert on Jewish medical ethics says that the slippery slope is very real, no matter what some bioethicists may say.  Not a noble deathMichael Cook | 07 May 2013 |tags: Belgium, euthanasiaThe euthanasia of Nobel laureate Christian de Duve in Belgium is a worrying precedent for the world's baby boomers.  The President needs a history lessonRobert R. Reilly | 30 April 2013 |tags: abortion, Barack Obama, Planned ParenthoodThe President's fulsome praise of Planned Parenthood ignores its shameful origin in racist eugenics.  Tasmania’s intimidating abortion billMichael Cook | 30 April 2013 |tags: abortion, conscientious objection, TasmaniaDeregistration, heavy fines and jail terms threaten those who voice their opposition to abortion.  The real story of Savita’s tragic deathCaroline Farrow | 24 April 2013 |tags: abortion, IrelandLast year the death of an Indian woman was exploited as an example of Ireland’s “archaic” abortion laws. But the under-reported inquest tells a different story.  Quiet, please. Complacency at work!Carolyn Moynihan | 16 April 2013 |tags: abortion, Kermit Gosnell, New York TimesThe New York Times has ignored an appalling abuse of human rights in nearby Philadelphia. What explains its indifference to the Kermit Gosnell abortion trial?  Why is Canada’s parliament tip-toeing around sex-selective abortion?Margaret Somerville | 09 April 2013 |tags: abortion, Canada, gendercide, sex-selective abortionDebate is being stifled because the government is afraid to touch the third rail.  Only a “little, little, little” bit of killingPeter Ryan | 05 April 2013 |tags: Canada, euthanasiaQuebec, bellwether for Canadian social change, forges ahead with euthanasia plans.  Chile and Ireland, where motherhood really is safeElard Koch | 21 March 2013 |tags: abortion law, Chile, Ireland, maternal healthWhat makes these two countries so similar in matters of maternal health and abortion?  Get out your stripey socksMary O'Neill Le Rumeur | 20 March 2013 |tags: bioethics, Down syndrome... and celebrate World Down Syndrome Day. It's time to explode the myths and fears that surround this condition.  New frontiers in repressing dissentMishka Gora | 11 March 2013 |tags: abortion, TasmaniaTasmania may be small, but it will punch far above its weight on the world stage in shutting down protests against abortion if a new bill is passed.  Innocents abroadMichael Cook | 05 February 2013 |tags: assisted suicide, euthanasia, TasmaniaLightweight politicians have written a lightweight report on euthanasia for Tasmanian voters.  How my mother diedTom Mortier | 04 February 2013 |tags: Belgium, euthanasiaA mentally-ill Belgian woman sought euthanasia to escape her problems. The doctors told her, sure, why not?  Roe’s legacy of false freedomMeg T. McDonnell | 26 January 2013 |tags: Millennials, pro-life movement, Roe v. WadeA young pro-life woman wonders when some Millennials are going to wake up to the big lie about reproductive freedom.  Six lessons from death in BelgiumMichael Cook | 24 January 2013 |tags: Belgiium, bioethics, euthanasiaThe world was shocked when Belgian doctors euthanased deaf twins who could not bear to be separated.  “I don’t want to be a burden”Paul Russell | 22 January 2013 |tags: elderly, euthanasia, suicideWhy isn't elder suicide seen as a shameful failure of our care networks?  40 years after Roe v Wade, a deadly stalemateG. Tracy Mehan III | 22 January 2013 |tags: abortion, Roe v. Wade, US Supreme CourtDespite recent state restrictions and a growth in pro-life sentiment, more than a million lives are lost to abortion each year in the US.  The dead-end values driving euthanasia advocacyMargaret Somerville | 21 January 2013 |tags: Canada, euthanasia, relativismA Quebec government report endorsing euthanasia rests on a moral relativism that has already failed the young.  Pro-lifers taking a new directionWilliam West | 15 January 2013 |tags: abortion, human dignity, human rights, prisons, pro-lifePrison reform is human dignity issue that needs to be addressed urgently.  Tender handsLorna Tilley | 14 January 2013 |tags: archeology, bioarcheology of care, disabilityLooking after those who are unable to look after themselves defines what it means to be human. Even hunter-gatherers knew this. Page 1 of 1 : subscribe donate
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