Canadian surgeons harvesting organs from euthanised patients According to the National Post, 26 people in Ontario who died by lethal injection have donated tissue or organs. Pulse Michael Cook • Mar 29, 2017Jul 30, 2021
UK university granted first license to make three-parent embryos The technique uses cloning technologies and destroys human embryos. It results in the 'manufacturing' of a new embryo. News Claire Chretien • Mar 17, 2017Jun 18, 2021
‘Words fail me:’ Pro-life leader reacts to population control advocates speaking at Vatican conference 'You hear these things ... at Berkeley. You do not expect to hear them in the Vatican at a conference convened by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.' News Claire Chretien • Mar 10, 2017Jul 30, 2021
U.S. House could vote to overturn D.C.’s assisted suicide law this week 'No matter how frayed the fabric of our conscience, we must hold it together to stand against this civilized, organized effort of barbarity veneered as ... dignity.' News Claire Chretien • Feb 14, 2017Apr 29, 2023
Dutch gov’t panel: Doctor who forcibly euthanized elderly woman ‘acted in good faith’ A Dutch doctor drugged a patient's coffee and then enlisted family members to hold her down to be euthanized. News Claire Chretien • Jan 31, 2017Jun 18, 2021
Funding for embryonic stem cell research in decline, trends show Minnesota’s funding of stem cell research echoes trend toward less ethically controversial approaches. Opinion Gene Tarne • Oct 26, 2016Jun 18, 2021
Council of Europe rejects proposal on surrogate motherhood The Parliamentary Assembly refused an attempt to legalize surrogacy agreements for the 47 member states. News Jan Bentz • Oct 13, 2016Jun 18, 2021
Bioethicists urge ban on doctors’ conscience rights: do abortions or quit If doctors leave the profession as a result, 'so be it,' they wrote. News Lianne Laurence • Sep 23, 2016Jun 18, 2021
Medical ethics journal lays out case for ‘organ donation euthanasia’ A bioethicist suggested that euthanasia with drugs might be a better option than starvation to preserve vital organs for harvesting. News Claire Chretien • Sep 8, 2016Jun 18, 2021
How should Christians respond to new biotechnologies? We need to understand that there are limits to what we can legitimately do technologically to human beings. Opinion Peter Saunders • Sep 7, 2016Jun 18, 2021