The expectation of going to court for all instances of life support withdrawal was rescinded a couple of years ago IIRC. But only if all concerned agreed with the proposed course of action.

New paper in the JBI: The Private Lives of Healthcare Professionals/ Is Sex a Legitimate Regulatory Concern?
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‘We can’t force people to wisdom’: Why no one is studying arts As universities become more like vocational colleges than places of higher learning, the humanities are in steep decline. They can and should be saved.

The celar irony being that the arts and humanities are the best way to AI proof your education and the higher education industry as a whole: www.afr.com/work-and-car...

New paper in the Canadian Journal of Bioethics: Conscientious Objection and the Provision of Abortion at Late(r) Stages of Pregnancy cjb-rcb.ca/index.php/cj...

Eight healthy babies born after IVF using DNA from three people Genetic material from mother and father transferred to healthy donor egg to reduce risk of life-threatening diseases * ‘We’d never heard of it’: a woman tells of her daughter’s death of mitochondrial disease Doctors in the UK have announced the birth of eight healthy babies after performing a groundbreaking procedure that creates IVF embryos with DNA from three people to prevent the children from inheriting incurable genetic disorders. The mothers were all high risk for passing on life-threatening diseases to their babies due to mutations in their mitochondria, the tiny structures that sit inside cells and provide the power they need to function. Continue reading...

Eight healthy babies born after IVF using DNA from three people

Labour has not implemented a single animal welfare pledge, say campaigners Ban on foie gras imports and hunting trophies not brought in, while rules protecting chickens have been weakened Labour has failed to implement any of its promised animal welfare policies in its first year in office and also weakened protections for chickens, campaigners have said. Among the pledges that have not been implemented are banning the sale of animals with cropped ears, prohibiting imports of hunting trophies and banning imports of foie gras. Some relate to the UK as a whole, others to England, Wales and Scotland and the proposed ban on trail hunting just to England and Wales. End illegal puppy farming and the smuggling of animals including dogs, puppies and kittens. Prohibit the importation of dogs and cats with fashion-based mutilations. Ban the use of snare traps. Ban the importation of heavily pregnant cats and dogs. Accelerate the phasing out of animal testing. Continue reading...

Labour has not implemented a single animal welfare pledge, say campaigners

Opinion | Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp. This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.

I wrote about how the Everglades experiment fits into the history of concentration camps in the US and abroad, and how it will connect a domestic network of camps to an international one. We’re watching the imposition of a global concentration camp network.

Lab-grown sperm and eggs just a few years away, scientists say Quest to create viable human sex cells in lab progressing rapidly, with huge implications for reproduction

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Did AI write that headline?

‘The nurse told me I couldn’t keep my baby’: how a controversial Danish ‘parenting test’ separated a Greenlandic woman from her children Two hours after Keira Alexandra Kronvold gave birth, her daughter was taken from her – the third child to be removed from her care following a now-banned assessment that disproportionately targets Inuit women in Denmark. Will she win the fight to get Zammi back?

‘The nurse told me I couldn’t keep my baby’: how a controversial Danish ‘parenting test’ separated a Greenlandic woman from her children

‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans Trump order allows VA staff to decline providing healthcare to patients based on political affiliation or marital status

"Doctors at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals nationwide could refuse to treat unmarried veterans and Democrats under new hospital guidelines imposed following an executive order by Donald Trump."

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Public health bodies urged to launch period tracking apps to protect data Women’s personal information at risk of being harvested by private firms running their own versions, report warns

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TfL blocks ads calling on people to lobby MPs to decriminalise abortion London transport body says allowing Bpas adverts on its network could bring police and City Hall into disrepute

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LSE announces new centre to study animal sentience The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience at LSE will develop new approaches to studying the feelings of other animals scientifically.

An emotional day - I can announce I'll be the first director of The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience at the LSE, supported by a £4m grant from the Jeremy Coller Foundation. Our mission: to develop better policies, laws and ways of caring for animals. (1/2)
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Texas midwife arrested for allegedly providing abortions amid state’s near-total ban Maria Margarita Rojas charged with illegal performance of procedure, considered a second-degree felony in the state

Texas midwife arrested for allegedly providing abortions amid state’s near-total ban www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This is not non-official evidence it is just no evidence at all.

Australian man survives 100 days with artificial heart in world-first success Sydney surgeons ‘enormously proud’ after patient in his 40s receives the Australian-designed implant designed as a bridge before donor heart

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It is not really about ‘influence’ (on a decision) but being able to act on one’s decisions free from harassment and intimidation. For the most part, those attending clinics have made the decision.

Conceptual Engineering Should be Empirical - Erkenntnis Conceptual engineering is a philosophical method that aims to design and spread conceptual and linguistic devices to cause meaningful changes in the world. So far, however, conceptual engineers have s...

Is it just me that think the there is something interesting to be said about language policing and conceptual engineering vis link.springer.com/article/10.1.... Interesting, but perhaps not useful…

Queensland halts prescription of puberty blockers and hormones for children with gender dysphoria Pause comes as Crisafulli government launches independent review after reports gender-affirming hormones were given without proper consultation

Queensland halts prescription of puberty blockers and hormones for children with gender dysphoria: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The dangerous illusion of AI consciousness | Shannon Vallor AI expert and DeepMind contributor Shannon Vallor explores OpenAI's latest GPT-4o model, based on the ideas of her new book, ‘The AI Mirror’. Despite modest intellectual improvements, AGI's…

“We are arguably no nearer to engineering artificial consciousness than we were a decade ago. Instead we have engineered artificial language mirrors... and for the purposes of producing the grand illusion of consciousness,” argues @shannonvallor.bsky.social | https://buff.ly/3yxzgRp

#philsci ⚛️🧪

Psychedelic drug DMT to be trialled on UK volunteers to tackle alcohol misuse Exclusive: Scientists at UCL hope one-off dose of powerful hallucinogenic could help drinkers reduce intake

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Dating apps have no interest in helping people find love.

@dananddanfilms.bsky.social is always relevant:

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The Australian Contraception and Abortion Primary Care Practitioner Support Network: medcast.com.au/communities/...

NSW abortion deserts: just three of 220 public hospitals provide terminations, research finds Exclusive: All 15 health districts and the state’s health minister refuse to give public information on access to terminations

NSW abortion deserts: just three of 220 public hospitals provide terminations, research finds: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Push to stop NSW hospitals opting out of abortions as healthcare ‘deserts’ exposed Greens MP Dr Amanda Cohn says ‘far too little has changed’ since abortion was decriminalised in NSW five years ago

Push to stop NSW hospitals opting out of abortions as healthcare ‘deserts’ exposed: www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

@dananddanfilms.bsky.social alright dan how’s Dan?

@dananddan.bsky.social what up Dan, how’s Dan?