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Innovation Led. Legally Grounded.
Is the regulation of genetic parentage information (when mitochondrial replacement is used) an ethical approach?
Does the narrow scope of The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations 2015 render the regulations unethical?
MP’s vote to decriminalise abortion is a significant win for women’s rights
In historic vote, women will be able to abort their pregnancies for any reason up to the point or birth without being prosecuted.
Should the UK law mirror Article 294 of the Dutch Penal Code?
Article 294 of the Dutch Penal Code needs to be satisfied for Physician Assisted Suicide to be lawful. This criteria does not...
The incompatibility of the end-of-life ‘blanket ban’ with Article 8 of the Human Rights Act
The UK law takes a binary approach to life-shortening care which is mirrored in the legal regulation of access to assisted suicide...
The inconstancy of Euthanasia law in theory and practice
Otlowski argues that significant inconsistencies exist between the law in theory and the law in practise highlighting the unjust nature...
A medico-legal reflection on female cosmetic genital surgery and Female Genital Mutilation - an intersectional feminist critique of choice-feminism
On face-value, choice feminism empowers women to take control of their own lives; however this naive view disregards the...
Intellectual Property of CRISPR-Cas9 - Prioritising monopoly over innovation?
US patents grant inventors a 20 year monopoly over the technology in return for disclosing the details of how it works. [1] This fuels...
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