Margaret Somerville

Where this writer stands

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Recent work

• Why judges should have the final word in medically assisted suicideOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 2, 2016
• Assisted dying: A Charter issue that demands a vote of conscienceOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 22, 2016
• We can design our descendants. But should we?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 17, 2015
• We can design our descendants. But should we?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 17, 2015
• What the top court left out in judgment on assisted suicideOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 25, 2015
• Should we edit the genetic essence of life?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 7, 2015
• Somerville: Why sugar babies seeking sugar daddies is not goodOpinion · Calgary Herald · Feb 17, 2015
• Somerville: Testing the limits of sexual consentOpinion · Calgary Herald · Dec 8, 2014
• Opinion: Disturbing questions remain about Bill 52’s impactEditorial · Montreal Gazette · Jun 4, 2014
• Why euthanasia and assisted suicide must remain legally prohibitedOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 13, 2014
• Judge me by my ideas, not my religionOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 23, 2013
• Judge me by my ideas, not my religionOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 23, 2013
• Paying for organs: Can you put a price on something that is priceless?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 29, 2013
• Paying for organs: Can you put a price on something that is priceless?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 29, 2013
• The ethics of three-genetic-parent embryosOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jul 15, 2013
• Quebec is trying to legalize euthanasia by calling it something else. It’s still wrongOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 18, 2013
• Calgary HeraldOpinion · Calgary Herald · Mar 24, 2013
• The ethics of pizza, prison and punishmentOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 3, 2013
• The ethics of pizza, prison and punishmentOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 3, 2013
• Calgary HeraldOpinion · Calgary Herald · Oct 1, 2012
• The preposterous politics of female feticideOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 28, 2012
• The preposterous politics of female feticideOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 27, 2012
• The preposterous politics of female feticideOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 27, 2012
• The preposterous politics of female feticideOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 27, 2012
• The preposterous politics of female feticideOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 27, 2012
• The preposterous politics of female feticideOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 27, 2012
• The preposterous politics of female feticideOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 27, 2012
• The preposterous politics of female feticideOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 27, 2012
• The preposterous politics of female feticideOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 27, 2012
• The preposterous politics of female feticideOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 27, 2012
• The preposterous politics of female feticideOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 27, 2012
• The preposterous politics of female feticideOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 27, 2012
• The preposterous politics of female feticideOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 27, 2012
• The preposterous politics of female feticideOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 27, 2012
• The preposterous politics of female feticideOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 27, 2012
• The preposterous politics of female feticideOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 27, 2012
• The preposterous politics of female feticideOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 27, 2012
• The preposterous politics of female feticideOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 27, 2012
• The preposterous politics of female feticideOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 27, 2012
• The preposterous politics of female feticideOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 27, 2012
• The preposterous politics of female feticideOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 27, 2012
• The preposterous politics of female feticideOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 27, 2012
• The preposterous politics of female feticideOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 27, 2012
• The preposterous politics of female feticideOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 27, 2012
• The preposterous politics of female feticideOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 27, 2012
• The preposterous politics of female feticideOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 27, 2012
• The preposterous politics of female feticideOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 27, 2012
• Calgary HeraldOpinion · Calgary Herald · Sep 19, 2012
• When granny gives birth to her grandson, there's something wrongOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 22, 2012
• When granny gives birth to her grandson, there's something wrongOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 22, 2012
• When granny gives birth to her grandson, there's something wrongOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 22, 2012
• A simple answer to Quebec's simple adoption questionOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 22, 2012
• Ottawa CitizenOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Aug 21, 2012
• Ottawa CitizenOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jun 1, 2012
• Ottawa CitizenOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jun 1, 2012
• To be human, we need sacred thingsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 16, 2012
• Opinion: To be human, we need sacred thingsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 16, 2012
• Ottawa CitizenOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 20, 2012
• Is the decision to recommend reduced breast screening ethical?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 28, 2011
• Is the decision to recommend reduced breast screening ethical?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 28, 2011