Bioethics Articles
And then there was this, April 2023
Heterosexual students happier, healthier than LGBQ+ students The U.S. Centres for Disease Control has completed and released its annual Youth [...]
The transhuman cometh
The last canticle of Dante’s Divine Comedy begins with the poet taking stock of his unprecedented enterprise. Thus far, his [...]
The threat of transhumanism
How do contraception, abortion, transgenderism and euthanasia fit in? Paul Tuns Editor’s Note: Part I appeared in the March edition [...]
Detransitioner sues healthcare professionals
Interim Staff: Michelle Zacchigna is suing her medical team for not considering her mental health issues when they affirmed [...]
Anti-life, anti-family measures in federal budget
Paul Tuns: Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled the federal budget on April 7 and most media coverage focused on the [...]
University of Saskatchewan studies ‘humanized mice’ using aborted fetal tissue
Paul Tuns: Kerry Lavender, an assistant professor of biochemistry, microbiology, and immunology at the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Medicine, [...]
US university harvests organs from living babies
Oswald Clark and Paul Tuns: The Center for Medical Progress and Judicial Watch announced on August 3 that they had [...]
Vaccines: Kenney vows choice, bishops sow confusion
By Interim Staff Health Canada has approved four vaccines against COVID-19: Moderna, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and Johnson & Johnson. Moderna and [...]
Follow your conscience
Now that COVID-19 vaccinations are being made available across the country, Canadians find themselves facing important personal decisions about whether [...]
Nearly three decade-old embryo born
By Interim Staff An embryo created by in-vitro fertilization in 1992 and subsequently frozen, was successfully implanted into her (surrogate) [...]
Doctors of conscience unwanted
Laying Down the Lawton Andrew Lawton If you want to practice medicine, leave your beliefs at the door. [...]
Brave new world of CRISPR babies
National Affairs Rory Leishman Despite the intense controversy over the birth last November of the world’s first gene-altered [...]
Canadian Cancer Society supports embryonic stem cell research
The Canadian Cancer Society remains committed to funding human embryonic stem cell research despite great advances in adult stem cell [...]
Bill Nye, the science betrayal guy
Television personality Bill Nye chooses politics over science. A generation grew up on the Emmy-winning TV show Bill [...]
Demands for Canada’s fertility laws to be re-examined
In a position statement released on May 11 concerning sections six and seven of the 2004 Assisted Human Reproduction Act, [...]