Belgian doctors using organs from euthanased patients
Hi there, From the archives: during research on another story, I stumbled across a very helpful article in The Atlantic about “euthanasia myths” by an...
Belgian transplant surgeons use lungs from euthanased patients
Using organs from euthanased patients seem to have become a well established procedure in Belgium, only nine years after it was legalized. A press release...
At 58, Russian woman uses surrogates to have 4 kids
A 58-year-old Moscow woman has become the grandmother of 4 children after using her deceased son’s sperm and two surrogate mothers. A 58-year-old Moscow woman...
UK minister allows prisoner access to artificial insemination
If family life is a human right, shouldn’t prisoners be able to father children from behind bars? This is the question being debated in the...
Danish company stops supplying Nembutal for US executions
A Danish company which manufactures a lethal drug used to execute American prisoners has announced that it will stop supplying it to prisons. Lundbeck’s epilepsy...
Israeli feminists slate surrogacy
The Israeli feminist group Isha L’Isha has published a harshly critical report on surrogate motherhood.The Israeli feminist group Isha L’Isha has published a harshly critical...
Rights court sanctions Poland in abortion case
The Polish government may have to revise its abortion legislation after an exceptionally tragic case in which a woman carrying a foetus with genetic abnormalities...
Cloning still unpopular: Gallup poll
Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs poll shows that 84% of Americans still oppose human cloning.Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs poll shows that 84% of Americans...
“Pre-crime” terrorist detector field tested in US
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has completed a first round of field-testing on a program designed to spot people who intend to commit...
Melbourne egg donation hobbyist may hold world record
When Melbourne office worker Faith Haugh, 41, exceeded Australia’s legal cap for individuals to donate their eggs, she went overseas to fulfil a desire to...