Vatican hangs its bioethics on human dignity
First major statement in 20 years The Vatican has released its first major statement on bioethics in 20 years. Although the conclusions of Dignitas Personae...
The rich are different from you and me: they hire surrogates
New York Times journalist Alex Kuczynski turns her life into newspaper copy"They were careless people," wrote F. Scott Fitzgerald. "They smashed up things and creatures...
Scottish MP proposes euthanasia right for 12-year-olds
Based on age when kids choose which divorced parent to live with Children'sautonomy is a tricky issue. When can they give informed consent tohaving an...
Down syndrome babies targeted
Follows results of Danish screening program Australiaurgently needs a national screening policy for Down syndrome,experts say, after international research showed it could halve thenumber of...
Dramatic rise in caesareans in Australia
Due more to older pregnancies than vanity The number ofpregnant Australian women requesting caesareans for psychological orsocial reasons has increased by 50% over the past...