From its inception, bioethics has claimed to be a project of reflection on the moral issues raised by new technologies. Yet, in its present form there is a perception of a gradual transformation in bioethics. This transformation is characterized by an increasing politicization of bioethical issues, that is, one’s “bio-ethical views” will reflect one’s political assumptions concerning the nature, goals and values that should guide the biomedical sciences. Or, perhaps better stated, bioethics has always been a biopolitics and the politicaldimension is only now coming into relief for bioethicists.