Monthly Archives: January 2022

Lost and Won: A challenge of the UK law that allows discrimination

January 31, 2022 · by · in disabilities, Disability, Inclusivity, inspirational, Law & Policy, Reproduction

Colette Lloyd argues that a recent challenge to United Kingdom’s Abortion Act is about discrimination, not abortion.

Vaccine Skepticism is Becoming Irrelevant

January 20, 2022 · by · in Canada, Community, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Law & Policy, Pandemic, Pharmaceuticals, Privacy and Trust, Public Health, Science and Technology, Social Justice, Vaccine, vulnerability, World Health Organization

Chris Kaposy acknowledges the ethical justification for coercive COVID-19 vaccine policies, while also recognizing the danger of ceasing to view vaccine skeptics as thinking subjects.

Unmuddying the waters of the law and MAiD for mental illness

January 10, 2022 · by · in Canada, Canadian Bioethics, Clinical Ethics, Death & Assisted Dying, Death and Dying, Law & Policy, MAiD, Mental Health, physician-assisted dying, vulnerability

Jocelyn Downie rebuts misleading claims about the law and medical assistance in dying for mental illness advanced by psychiatrists Mark Sinyor and Ari Zaretsky in a recent Op-Ed.