UK TO LOOSEN FERTILITY CONTROLS
After months of consultation, the British government has released a draft overhaul of its contentious fertility legislation. Many significant changes have been made, but the...
CHINESE WRESTLE WITH BIOETHICS STANDARDS
A leading Chinese social scientist has praised his country's efforts to create and implement bioethical standards for research involving human subjects. Qiu Renzong, of the...
COMMERCIAL SURROGACY IN CHINA
In the absence of clear legislation, a Chinese entrepreneur has set up a nationwide network of surrogacy offices, with more than 120 surrogate mothers. Liu...
PARENTS OF DOWN SYNDROME CHILDREN WORRY ABOUT THEIR FUTURE IN PERFECT WO
With 90% of pregnant women aborting a Down syndrome child after a positive prenatal test, American parents of Down syndrome children are turning into activists...
… AND PRO-CHOICE ADVOCATES WORRY, TOO
Genetic testing is shaking the mindset even of abortion advocates, says the New York Times. Although 70% of Americans would support women who terminate a...
SHOOTOUT AT TRANSPLANT HOSPITAL LANDS ISRAELI SURGEON IN JAIL
To the great embarrassment of the Israel Transplantation Society, one of the country's leading surgeons was arrested in Istanbul in the aftermath of a shootout...
CAESAREANS RISE IN AUSTRALIA
More and more Australian women are having elective caesarean sections for "lifestyle" reasons, according to a major survey. A study of more than 430,000 births...
TEN YEARS OF CLONING
A review of the state of cloning science in the journal Science by an American expert concludes that "our understanding is stalled at a fundamental...
IN BRIEF: euthanasia; democracy
UK euthanasia: A poll by a British magazine for doctors has found that two-thirds of general practitioners oppose the legalisation of euthanasia. And less than...