Bioethics Articles
And then there was this, June 2024
By J.M. Glover: Brain Death: a moral dilemma The National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC) located near Philadelphia, is warning about [...]
Nova Scotia bill to educate people on Down syndrome
Paul Tuns: Liberal MLA Keith Irving (Kings South) introduced Bill 440, which, if passed, would provide evidence-based data about Down [...]
Federal pharmacare plan to cost taxpayers $2 billion over five years
Paul Tuns: According to an analysis by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO), the federal pharmacare plan that will cover diabetes [...]
Contracepting the future
Some rhythms and patterns are so regular that their interruption is all but almost impossible to imagine—the sun rises in [...]
Quebec man gets healthy finger amputated
Paul Tuns: A 20-year-old Quebec man was reported to have two fingers on his left hand amputated to deal with [...]
Motherhood in the age of abortion & IVF
Mother’s Day should be an occasion for the celebration of our mothers, a day to venerate the office of motherhood [...]
Global surrogacy debate continues in Rome
Joanna Alphonso: Experts from around the world gathered in Rome’s LUMSA University (Libera Universita Maria SS. Assunta—a private Catholic university) [...]
Courts rule what a child is
Rory Leishman: On Feb. 16, the Supreme Court of Alabama touched off an international uproar, by holding that the state’s [...]
Transgender medicine exposed a medical malpractice
Paul Tuns: Leaked files from the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) show that medical professionals routinely practice medical [...]
Contraception is priority for national pharmacare program
Paul Tuns: On Feb. 29, federal Health Minister Mark Holland introduced Bill C-64, “An Act respecting pharmacare,” fulfilling the 2022 [...]
Alabama court rules frozen embryos qualify as ‘children’ under law
Oswald Clark: On Feb. 17, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that under the Wrongful Death of a Minor Act, embryonic [...]
State-sanctioned sterility
As many provinces celebrate Family Day, there is a movement afoot, in both Ontario and Manitoba, to follow the example [...]
Pope Francis calls for ban on surrogacy
Paul Tuns: During his annual address to diplomats in January, Pope Francis called surrogacy “a grave violation of the dignity [...]
Ontario free contraception motion defeated
Paul Tuns A private member’s bill, Motion 36, that called upon the Ontario Ministry of Health to provide universal access [...]
Baby Indi, RIP
In recent years, the world has been treated to shockingly inhumane episodes, repeated with minor variations but with the same [...]