Margaret Somerville

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Is existence enough? Don't donor-conceived kids have rights?

Margaret Somerville | 13 Jul 2010

For whose benefit are these children created? Their own? Or their parents?

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Canada needs a national debate on abortion

Margaret Somerville | 4 Jun 2010

Two assumptions favour the pro-choice stand in Canada: that late-term abortion is rare and that there is a consensus on current practice. They are myths.

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Leaving a space for religion in the public square

Margaret Somerville | 18 May 2010

Public debate will be much poorer if arguments of religious people are shut away in a closet.

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Restricting abortion is not a ruse of the Patriarchy

Margaret Somerville | 6 May 2010

Canada’s recent choice not to fund abortions with foreign aid dollars isn’t about keeping women in their place, it’s an ethical decision to value human life.

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The unstoppable expansion of justifications of euthanasia

Margaret Somerville | 24 Mar 2010

Will euthanasia and assisted suicide need any moral justification at all if they are ever legalised?

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Getting the facts right about euthanasia

Margaret Somerville | 2 Mar 2010

How can Quebec doctors ask for the legalisation of euthanasia? They don't even know what it is.

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The perils of dishonest science

Margaret Somerville | 12 Feb 2010

A controversial article linking autism with vaccinations continues to do immense damage.

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Are animals persons?

Margaret Somerville | 27 Jan 2010

If we grant personhood to some animals, we will end up taking it away from some human beings.

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Suffering with dignity

Margaret Somerville | 22 Jan 2010

Finding meaning in dying.

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The puzzle of human dignity

Margaret Somerville | 26 Nov 2009

Both sides of the euthanasia debate claim to be advancing the cause of human dignity. Whom should we believe?

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Would euthanasia damage doctors?

Margaret Somerville | 18 Nov 2009

Legalising euthanasia will have incalculable consequences for doctors and nurses.

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The euthanasia debate resurfaces

Margaret Somerville | 30 Oct 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.

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