Stem cells: You heard it first on Oprah
"the stem cell debate is dead" The news about stem cell research without ethical controversies has filtered through to the viewers of Oprah Winfrey. In...
How many embryos are destroyed in IVF?
95 out of 100 do not survive The most ethically contentious issue in the IVF industry is the destruction of embryos. But how many are...
NEJM opposes conscientious objection for doctors
We need more selfless professionalism The prestigious New England Journal of Medicine opposes conscientious objection to abortion and contraception in the US. In a stinging...
President’s Council on Bioethics criticises President
Outgoing Council members defend Bush’s record Under the Bush Administration, the President’s Council on Bioethics produced some fine background papers on highly complex and contentious...
Fraud emerges in surrogacy industry
Financial crisis spreads New York financier Bernie Madoff is not the only crook whose misdeeds have been left high and dry as decades of financial...
What about the surrogate’s baby if parents don’t pay bills?
Fraud cases raise troubling scenarios Will Saletan, of the on-line magazine Slate, points out that more is at stake than money in cases of surrogacy...
Discounted sperm for hard times
Every dollar countsTalk about tacky! A Georgia-based sperm donor company is offering discounted vials of sperm for women whose purses are pinched by the recession....
Singapore to compensate organ donors
Sally Satel wants a genuine marketSingaporeans may now compensate organ donors for their expenses and trouble, after parliament approved ground-breaking legislation late last month. The...