Latest Bioethics News

Can Patients Refuse a Transplant Once they have Given Informed Consent?
November 1, 2001
Also: AIDS vaccine, Sex selection, Genetic testing, Jehovah's Witnesses refusal.

Should a Child Be Forced to Take Meds Against Her Will?
February 1, 2001
Also: Baby banking, Euthanasia legalized, Joined at birth, separated by law.

Weighing "Clear and Convincing Evidence"
October 1, 2000
Also: Human eggs for sale, DNA mapping, Protecting basic human rights.

Can she handle the news?
May 1, 2000
Also: Supreme Court agrees, Gene therapy experiments halted, Minding the gap.