December, 2003
Thoughts on euthanasia in the UK
Creative solution to accommodation of conscientious objectors
Protection of conscience bill re-introduced in U.S. Congress
Doctors' group urges new attitude toward euthanasia
Strategy for Center for Reproductive Rights may threaten freedom of
conscience worldwide
Bioethics professor
advocates sale of organs
Religious objections
undermined by priests
Nurse may be reinstated
Concern voiced re:
European moral imperialism
November, 2003
American Civil Liberties Union opposes freedom of conscience for religious
institutions, affiliates
College of Pharmacists still opposed to freedom of conscience
Euthanasia interest continues in the United Kingdom
Abortion Legalized in St. Lucia
Euthanasia in Europe
Proposal for euthanasia in Lagos
In vitro
research causes protests in Kenya
Mental
incapacity bill controversy continues in UK
Freedom of conscience for pharmacists in US and UK under attack
Euthanasia
advocate dead, wife arrested
Wisconsin Attorney General moves against freedom of conscience
Alberta pharmacist finally reaches agreement
October, 2003
Protection from 'wrongful birth' and 'wrongful life' lawsuits proposed in
Wisconsin
Canadian Assisted Human Reproduction Act passes Commons
Model law proposed to prevent starvation, dehydration
Anti-Muslim discrimination identified in England
Judge in Schiavo case said to be mistaken
Resistance to restoration of nourishment
Universal
eugenic screening urged in Britain
Retired judge, former governor on assisted suicide 'advisory
committee' in Vermont
Emergency bill passed in Florida to prevent starvation,
dehydration
Schiavo denied asylum and Holy Communion
Feeding tube removed, starvation watch begins
"Global bioethics" proposed by French president
Italian and French politicians differ on euthanasia
Clash of opinions in Vermont about
assisted suicide
Cases highlight deaths by starvation, dehydration
English scientist wants 'discarded'
eggs for research
Assisted suicide bill likely to be vetoed
French doctor claims euthanasia probably happens daily
Confused euthanasia discussion in Korea
'Neutrality' being considered in Vermont
September, 2003
"Ethics of the profession" revisited
French government minister suggests euthanasia
Danish professor recommends eugenics
Progress slow for Abortion Non-Discrimination Act
Protection of conscience for scientists and engineers
Concerns about 'palliative care' form in Australia
Alternative to IVF
"Five
Live Report: The Terminators?" on BBC
Unprecedented number of letters received by parliamentary committee
Truth in advertising in Australia
Group argues for withdrawal of nutrition and hydration in UK
Kenyans against abortion
Judge orders feeding stopped
Euthanasia prevention bill in United Kingdom
Ethical measles/mumps vaccine available
Draft Mental Incapacity Bill criticized
Organ harvesting concerns in Russia
Majority of Canadians polled favour euthanasia
Legal action threatened against abortion objectors
Case for withdrawal of feeding continues in Florida
Belgian euthanasia statistics in doubt
Assisted suicide bill introduced in Vermont
August. 2003
Free in vitro fertilization proposed in UK
'Wrongful life' claims dismissed
Church leader declines to state views on assisted suicide
American College of Pediatricians
supports Abortion Non-Discrimination Act
Christian commentary on AMA ethics articles
'Ethics of the profession' in retrospect
Dispensing 'morning after pill' to be compulsory
July, 2003
Assisted suicide bill narrowly defeated in New Zealand
Needless hysterectomies at Irish Hospital
Coercive family limitation in India
Pro-suicide campaign on Isle of Man
Drug-induced abortions recommended in Britain
Public support for artificial reproduction
Comatose woman can be starved
Limited opportunity to present evidence re: Mental Incapacity Bill
First trimester eugenic screening
Abortion demanded in Kenya
Islamic Council prohibits euthanasia and assisted suicide
Abortion Non-discrimination Act introduced in the US Senate
Food and fluids controversy
British Medical Association supports production of embryos for harvesting
cells
Criticism of New York Catholic Conference
Costa Rican official promises elimination of religious influence
Eugenic screening for deafness
EU Commission approves research on human embryos
Judge orders birth control
Artificial reproductive technology and moral controversy
June, 2003
No
evidence to support 72 hour window for morning-after pill
Sex-Selective IVF
Concern in UK over potential for euthanasia
UK government proposes universal eugenic screening
Coercive legislation vetoed by Governor in Hawaii
New Belgian government plans to force euthanasia upon hospitals
Compromise worked out in New
York
Assisted suicide and euthanasia in Switzerland
Controversy over failure to resuscitate
Issues of conscience dividing physicians
Abortion expansion planned by South African government
Repression of conscience being legislated in Massachusetts
Legalization of euthanasia sought in China
Concerns about minority of experts in Japan
Harvesting tissue from abortion in Australia
Euthanasia activism in U.K. and Australia
Canadian MP wants abortion on demand
Wisconsin bill passes
May, 2003
House of Lords to debate euthanasia bill
Nutrition and hydration to be withdrawn from Australian woman
Controversy in Wisconsin
continues
'Excessive paperwork' faulted for failure to report euthanasia
Company seeks tissue from
abortion
Use of
morning-after pill triples in United States
"Truth in advertising" suggested in Australia
Only non-religious
belief or morality allowed
British appeal court
permits embryo design
Assisted suicide bills
in United States
Physicians oppose assisted suicide in United Kingdom
Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) to fund embryo research
Conscientious objection among military physicians
Wisconsin committee approves protection of conscience bill
Euthanasia bill in United
Kingdom
Court challenge looms in Hawaii
Euthanasia campaign in Britain
Human rights
commission advocates euthanasia
Public
funding proposed for fertility treatments in Japan
Repressive measure stalled in
Nevada
Australian court asked to rule on nutrition and hydration
Public funding
sought for artificial reproduction
April, 2003
Euthanasia activism in Hungary
Euthanasia in Netherlands said to be down
Kenyan constitutional
conference to start
Parthenogenesis used to produce human embryos
Arizona governor
vetoes conscience protection
Hawaiian legislature suppresses freedom of conscience
Wisconsin pro-life groups
at odds over protection of conscience legislation
Conscientious objection in Mexico potentially unlawful
New
Zealand physician expresses concern about Mifepristone
Human cloning proposed for research purposes
New York City council demands 'morning-after pill' be dispensed
Majority of Britons said to favour destruction of embryos for research
English Court of Appeal approves eugenic production of babies for tissue
donation
Nevada assembly
prefers business over morality
New York Supreme Court approves damages for birth of defective in vitro
child
American senators attempt to re-write science
Vatican publishes lexicon
Ethical stem cell bank started in Russia
March, 2003
Euthanasia and assisted suicide in the news in New Zealand
Guernsey euthanasia committee has not yet met
Merck & Co.
acknowledges abortion as source of fetal cell lines in vaccines
Survey of morning-after pill use in United Kingdom
United Nations proposes "reward and punishment" to enforce
population control
New eugenic screening test
Taiwanese doctors testify against euthanasia
New York mayor vetoes
coercive bill
Immigrant woman fired
for refusing abortion
Assisted suicide bill in
New Zealand
Euthanasia proposed in China
UK
attempt to ban euthanasia by starvation and dehydration
Pro-euthanasia
postcard campaign in Guernsey
Baby to be made to order
as blood donor
US Senate fails to
pass coercive measure
Protection of conscience bill moves forward in Wisconsin
Assisted feeding to be
withdrawn
Culling surplus by lethal injection
Abortion in Africa
Wrongful life suit in Alberta, Canada
Catholic-Jewish statement affirms freedom of conscience
Abortions demanded at hospital in South Africa
Protection of conscience bills introduced in Wisconsin and Missouri
Australian tribunal claims nutrition and hydration are 'treatment'
February,
2003
TV programme claims Dutch euthanasia guidelines ignored
Slovakia and Vatican negotiating protection of conscience protocol
Treatment and care in advance directives
Hawaiian bill threatens freedom of conscience
Continued pressure for euthanasia in United Kingdom
Preliminary statistics indicate increase in assisted suicide in Oregon
Importance of backing from religious leaders emphasized
Lesbian sues Christian doctor for refusing insemination
Wisconsin sees support, attacks on freedom of conscience
Anti-Muslim bias alleged in British medical schools
Virginia
Senate committee kills protection of conscience measure
Dubious survey suggests UK nurses favour assisted suicide
Attacks on freedom of
conscience in New Mexico and New York
Canada must pay for sex
change operations
Pope reminds Catholic health care workers of duty to form conscience
January,
2003
Umbilical cord yields more
stem cells
Joint declaration against abortion
Aborted infants provide eye tissue
Canadian doctor ordered to pay $325,000 for 'wrongful birth'
Abortion
statistics and conscientious objection
Virginia committee approves protection of conscience measure
Pressure for euthanasia continues in UK
Pro-euthanasia group gets government grant for counselling
Chinese scientist claims to have cloned humans
Swiss situation clarified
Eugenic screening recommended in Germany
Resistance to performing late term abortions condemned
Freedom of conscience based on human dignity, not religious or cultural
equality
West Virginia hospital acknowledges philosophical and religious views
One-child policy to continue in China
Survey indicates "partial birth" abortions have tripled
Freedom of conscience respected by New Brunswick College of Physicians
Mexican National Human Rights Commission denounces coercive measures
Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons accommodates Christian physician
Money offered to clinics to find 'spare embryos'
National health insurance supports in vitro fertilization in Israel
Utah Supreme Court rejects wrongful birth lawsuits
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