The expansion of euthanasia in Canada to include psychiatric disorders is a dangerous trend that undermines the fundamental medical commitment to healing and patient trust.

“So, this is what I want. You technically are capable of providing it. Therefore, you have to give it to me. And that's that's the direction that Canada sadly seems to be moving in.”

Individual autonomy in reproductive choices and the use of genetic information to improve health outcomes should take precedence over state intervention or paternalistic restrictions by medical provid

“if we want to take seriously individual autonomy and respect what individuals want to do with their bodies or with their genetics or their embryos genes, you know, this technology is a godsend because now we can reveal all this information about embryos.”

The medical practice of assisted dying violates the core ethical principle of doing no harm.

“that's in direct contravention of that while we're making our Healthcare practitioners executioners and we don't think about the morality and I've been thinking about this a lot the morality around what we are asking people who have gone into a system to help and heal we are now turning them into mu”

Bioethics is the study of biomedical issues arising from technologies, including medicine and artificial intelligence as it relates to healthcare.

“it's the study of biomedic issues arising out of biomedical technologies.”

The use of neonatal foreskin cells to create brain cells for gaming is a grotesque transgression of human limits.

“This is the plot of Frankenstein. This is the actual plot. I don't know if you've ever read Mary Shel's Frankenstein. It's a great gothic romantic novel. The plot is that a scientist who wants to transgress the limits of morality, transgress the the limits placed on us by our nature”

Scientists must engage in ongoing ethical discussions as models grow more complex to balance the risks of anthropomorphism with the potential to cure devastating conditions.

“we want our models to be closer to the human brain because we think that many of the psychiatric disorders are uniquely human and yet the more the closer they are to the human brain the more uncomfortable we feel”

A family member should take precedent over an anonymous waiting list when donating organs after death.

“I was going to say I feel like it would be fair to say, if you're going to donate your organs after death, a relative who needs them Mhm. who has a use for them could take precedent over who's at the top of the waiting list.”

Human remains should not be venerated if the individual did not want to be a relic.

“I don't want to be a relic either. I want to be At least I want to be totally given back to the earth. At most, keep parts of me around for derision and jokes, but I do not want to be venerated.”