The Morlocks and the Eloi
Hi there, This week we visit familiar territory: anonymous sperm donation, exploitation in clinical trials, selective reduction, multiple parents on a birth certificate, and conscientious...
New doco explores pain of children of anonymous sperm donors
A new documentary presents first person stories of anonymous sperm donors. Anonymous Father's Day features the reflections of now adult children fathered anonymously. They share...
US man sues over girlfriend’s theft of sperm
An angry Houston man has accused his former girlfriend of stealing his semen and using it to create twins with the help of an IVF...
Wrong twin aborted in Australian mix-up
Australia has been rocked this week by a “selective reduction” gone wrong at a leading Melbourne hospital. A woman was pregnant with twins whom she...
Bad news for conservatives!
People who have conservative moral judgements on a number of hot-button issues tend to have the “dark and socially destructive” personality traits of machiavellianism, narcissism,...
Oxford ethicist attacks conscientious objection
Conscientious objection is guaranteed to give anyone who went to university in the 60s and 70s the warm fuzzies. It was the Everest of moral...
Swedish academic argues for triparenting
One parent is good. Two parents are better. Three parents might be better still. So argues a researcher from Sweden, who published a paper in...
Court will hear IVF benefits
The US Supreme Court will hear a case about whether children conceived through IVF after the death of a parent are eligible for Social Security...