Do reproductive rights survive gender reassignment?
Another adventure in the Wild West of assisted reproduction, this time from Israel. An Israeli woman who is undergoing sex reassignment surgery wants to freeze...
South African activists begin euthanasia campaign
South African supporters of physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia launched a campaign for legalisation this week. South African supporters of physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia launched a...
70 assisted suicides in Washington state in 2011
The number of Washington state residents who died of physician-assisted suicide rose to 70 last year, up from 51 in 2010 and 36 in 2009,...
Would-be grandparents pay for their daughters’ egg freezing
More and more baby-boomers, desperate to have grandchildren, are pushing daughters to freeze their eggs, the New York Times reports. More and more baby-boomers, desperate...
US bioethics centre queried about ties to drug industry
The US Senate's Finance Committee has asked seven organisations, including the well-known Center for Practical Bioethics, in Kansas City, for information about financial ties to...
A dramatic shift of direction for a stem cell advocate
Michael J. Fox has changed his mind on human embryonic stem cell researchFive or six years ago the ethical dilemmas in human embryonic stem cell...
Aggressive IVF puts women and babies at risk, experts say
Aggressive IVF treatments at clinics in the UK are putting women and babies at risk, experts say. Aggressive IVF treatments at clinics in the UK...