Here is a link to a BioEdge story about a debate on assisted suicide published in the Economist.
Month: August 2018
Here is a link to a LifeNews.com story on the 11th Circuit’s August 22, 2018 decision in West Alabama Women’s Center v. Williamson affirming a lower court decision invalidating Alabama’s ban on dismemberment abortions. Here is a link to the court’s opinion. An interesting feature of the decision is that both Chief Judge Carnes (the author of […]
Here is a link to a new paper by Steven Andrew Jacobs. The paper defends the view that there is “a large and robust scientific consensus” that a human’s life begins at fertilization. The author doesn’t take a position on the normative issues. Jacobs states: “This paper does not argue that the finding ‘a fetus is biologically […]
Here is a link to a blog post by Dr. Peter Saunders on a confidential draft paper from the British Medical Association on withdrawing food and water from patients with dementia, stroke and brain injury who are not imminently dying. The draft says that such patients who lack mental capacity but who are not imminently dying […]
Here is a link to post by Dr. Peter Saunders discussing a new report from the American Academy of Neurology on brain damaged patients. The title of the post conveys the basic message–“Severely brain-damaged patients are commonly misdiagnosed, often aware and may well recover, says authoritative new report.”
Here and here are links to stories about the good news that the Argentina Senate voted against legalization of abortion.