Three-parent embryos: can the end ever justify the means?
Every year, about one in 5,000 babies are born with a mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutation, inherited from their mother, leading to incurable, life-changing, often... Read more.
Who benefits from abortion decriminalisation? Women or abortion providers?
The recent case of Nicola Packer has attracted a good deal of attention. The public response has been overwhelmingly sympathetic, rightly so. This poor woman has... Read more.
Northern Ireland Public Health Bill
‘The Department of Health has launched a consultation asking for views on new health protection measures, being implemented through a Public Health Bill to... Read more.
The Supreme Court steps where politicians fear to tread
‘What is a woman?’ It’s the question that causes even seasoned politicians to break out in a cold sweat. We are currently awaiting a verdict from the UK Supreme... Read more.
speak kindly to your comatose patient
At least ‘one quarter of people with brain injuries who seem unresponsive can hear things going on around them and might even be able to use brain-computer interfaces... Read more.
Speak kindly – your comatose patient may be listening
At least ‘one quarter of people with brain injuries who seem unresponsive can hear things going on around them and might even be able to use brain-computer interfaces... Read more.
You wouldn’t do it to a dog! Current fetal pain relief in NHS abortions
This blog should perhaps carry one of those BBC-style warnings, ‘some viewers may find the following content distressing’. This is because it deals with something... Read more.
Wrongful conception – the latest weapon in culling disability?
At the end of November, in the High Court, the case of Toombes v Dr Philip Mitchell was heard before Rosalind Coe QC, acting judge. The claimant, 20-year-old Evie... Read more.
Has the RCP’s reluctance to issue guidance on fMRI scans for coma patients become indefensible?
In March 2020, the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) in the UK published national guidelines on the management of patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness... Read more.
Scottish Government muddles sex and gender – and plans to legalise the confusion
The Scottish Government is consulting on a plan to make the existing process to obtain legal recognition under the Gender Recognition Act 2004 a better service for... Read more.
