BioEdge

The latest news about #bioethics, with an accent on human dignity.

[BioEdge @bioedge]

There is growing acknowledgement of the fact that the backgrounds, ideas, and #politics of American #academics are out of step with the backgrounds, ideas and politics of the American public.
https://t.co/mVd7ottcuP
#USpolitics #news #bioethics #academia #highereducation #America

[BioEdge @bioedge]

Elliott is scathing. He says that students and #doctors can be socialised into accepting morally indefensible situations. Courageous whistleblowers are essential to shatter the bubble of self-assured expertise.
https://t.co/0yZlBWBNEh
#bioethics #medicine #science #healthcare

[BioEdge @bioedge]

Three men in #Quebec from the same family have fathered more than 600 children by offering free sperm on the internet.
https://t.co/tQO6TO4kra
#fertilityhealth #bioethics #cdnpoli #Canada #worldnews #reproductivehealth #news #genetics #IVF #artificialreproduction

[BioEdge @bioedge]

The #UnitedStates is one of the few countries where #IVF sex selection is legal – and it is a US$500 million market, according to a provocative feature in @Slate.
https://t.co/EwkPozwSuc
#bioethics #reproductivehealth #fertilityhealth #worldnews #USnews #news #sexism #family #USA

[BioEdge @bioedge]

A Norwegian national living in #England has just been found guilty of several counts of grievous bodily harm for running a castration website catering for men who want to be “nullos” – males without genitals.
https://t.co/uq8ojLxOmO
#bioethics #worldnews #UKnews #news #dysphoria

[BioEdge @bioedge]

A 75-year-old #Missouri man has been charged with the #murder of his wife after allegedly strangling her in a #hospital bed because he could not care for her properly or pay her medical bills.
https://t.co/HWu4NZTNZT
#crime #USnews #healthcare #bioethics #elderly #worldnews #news

[Mercator @mercatornet]

In recent years, the emergence of #CRISPR technology has ignited a fervent debate regarding its potential implications for human society, particularly in the realm of #eugenics.
https://t.co/KFcYnV4iRQ
#bioethics #worldnews #geneediting #genetics #science #research #news #health

[BioEdge @bioedge]

Female #doctors may communicate better with their female #patients, making it likelier that these patients provide important information leading to better diagnoses and treatment.
https://t.co/ceBExB22xc
#bioethics #healthcare #womenshealth #medicine #news #women #worldnews #USA

[BioEdge @bioedge]

“Unfortunately, on training primary care physicians or sending graduates to underserved areas, tuition-free medical school gets an F.”
https://t.co/YJKh5SLOS9
#bioethics #USnews #academia #highereducation #medicine #healthcare #worldnews #USA #news

[BioEdge @bioedge]

A powerhouse at #Oxford generating controversial bioethical ideas has closed its doors. The Future of Humanity Institute, headed by Swedish philosopher Nick Bostrom, opened in 2005 and was wound up earlier this month.
https://t.co/LVpBH37NUz
#bioethics #philosophy #academia #news

[BioEdge @bioedge]

Professor Des O’Neill, a consultant geriatrician, has expressed his anger over the allegedly flawed process by which the change in policy was made.
https://t.co/cbcHFuSx8e
#Ireland #Europe #assistedsuicide #assisteddying #euthanasia #bioethics #news #worldnews

[BioEdge @bioedge]

A #Texas anaesthetist has been convicted on charges of injecting patients’ IV bags with dangerous drugs, which led to the death of a co-worker and several cardiac emergencies.
https://t.co/mgnMpL3lst
#bioethics #USnews #healthcare #crime #medicine #worldnews #news

[BioEdge @bioedge]

A committee of the #USCongress has heard shocking testimony about alleged forced #organharvesting from #Uyghurs and #FalunGong practitioners in #China.
https://t.co/C3a9YLzqP9
#HumanRightsViolations #bioethics #worldnews #CCPChina #humanrights #communism #news #Asia #USnews #中國

[BioEdge @bioedge]

The #EuropeanParliament has described “the exploitation of #surrogacy” as a form of #humantrafficking in a legislative resolution on Apr 23 in its Human Trafficking Directive.
https://t.co/Nl8eFSaaFe
#worldnews #Europe #humanrights #bioethics #womensrights #humanrightsviolations

[BioEdge @bioedge]

A British charity working with victims of modern #slavery has reported that it had received three reports of “forced #surrogacy” for the first time.
https://t.co/5jCsX6w2By
#UKnews #worldnews #breakingnews #bioethics #humantrafficking #news #humanrightsviolations #UK #humanrights

[BioEdge @bioedge]

In an article in the Canadian blog Impact Ethics, three bioethicists have called for their profession to speak out against the violence and suffering.
https://t.co/HS8lpIFK3h
#bioethics #worldnews #IsraelHamasWar #Gaza #news #war #humanitariancrisis #socialjustice #MiddleEast

[BioEdge @bioedge]

A quadriplegic #Quebec man has chosen #assisteddying because of a bedsore he acquired when a hospital failed to give him a special pressure mattress.
https://t.co/f0q3K4LSaD
#bioethics #cdnpoli #healthcare #worldnews #euthanasia #news #assistedsuicide #disability #Canada #health

[BioEdge @bioedge]

#NHS England has announced that a 2nd review will take place into adult gender clinics. Professor Cass said that she would not take part in the adult report after the abuse she suffered in recent weeks.
https://t.co/1Vwxnf83Hd
#UKnews #bioethics #genderdysphoria #news #peaktrans

[BioEdge @bioedge]

A #Texas company marketing its “at-home insemination kit” on social media is encouraging women to use the semen from a partner’s used condom to become pregnant without his permission.
https://t.co/87h4X8nAmS
#USnews #bioethics #fertilityhealth #USA #news #worldnews #mensrights

[BioEdge @bioedge]

Adrienne went through 8 rounds of #IVF and countless attempts with artificial insemination.
Finally, 20 months ago, a boy, Adam, arrived. With the help of an “angel surrogate”, that is.
How much did it all cost? North of US$1 million.
https://t.co/YHHZLJlVY8
#bioethics #surrogacy