Publications in English from the Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics.
Opinion concerning fetal reduction
The opinion on ‘fetal reduction’ was issued on request by the Ministry of Health.
Opinion on advance directives (living wills)
This opinion was issued on request by the Ministry of Justice and deals with a report by a committee that had reviewed the area legal substitutes for adults.
Opinion concerning umbilical cord blood banking
This opinion is the Council’s own initiative and a reaction to the phenomenon of private companies planning to provide parents in Sweden the service of storing stem cells from umbilical cord blood.