A lesson in swine flu bioethics
Many ethical dilemmas ariseThe jury is still out on whether the swine flu epidemic is really dangerous. According to the New York Times, the outbreak...
IVF blunders kept from public eye in UK
"Horrifying", says IVF specialistA series of IVF blunders in one of Britain’s leading hospitals was kept from the public by the country’s fertility watchdog. According...
UK IVF doctors lobbying for PGD funding
Using stories of couples "forced" to abortCouples are being "forced" to abort genetically defective children, claim healthcare workers in the UK – apparently to pressure...
Maverick 1: Panos Zavos
Rogue IVF doctor once again claims to have tried to clone children. Just for the record, Dr Panos Zavos is up to his old cloning...
Maverick 2: Philip Nitschke
Australian euthanasia activist Dr Philip Nitschke will not be allowed to promote his cause in Singapore, police have decided. Nitschke had planned to give a...
UK studying whether embryos can be stored for spare parts
Next step in saviour sibling debateThe UK’s fertility watchdog is studying whether couples can create and store embryos to serve as spare parts. The controversial...
Is there a right not to procreate?
What about dead sons and fiances?The question of harvesting sperm from recently-deceased sons and fiances pops up in the news from time to time. The...
EU committee to study ethics of cyborgs
... and other issues of human enhancementHuman enhancement is not at the top of most bioethical agendas, but it is slowing moving up the ladder....