Obama needs a bioethics lesson
The biggest bioethics story this week is President Obama’s efforts to hose down anger over his Administration’s decision to force religious institutions to pay for...
China’s Octomom highlights a booming surrogacy business
There is an extraordinary story behind the photo above. These babies are allegedly the children of one wealthy couple in Guangzhou. The wife had twins...
The danger of being a doctor in a war zone
Dr Abd-al-Razzaq Jbeiro, secretary-general of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, was shot and killed two weeks ago on a highway near Damascus. Dr Abd-al-Razzaq Jbeiro,...
Georgia Supreme Court strikes quashes assisted-suicide law
The Georgia Supreme Court has struck down a central provision of a state law that criminalised some assisted suicides because it breaches free speech rights....
Lesbian couple “betrayed” by gay father who wants to see his son
A lesbian couple in the UK say they feel “bitter and betrayed” because their gay sperm donor is demanding weekend and holiday contact with his...