Surrogacy a US$2.3 billion industry in India, with 1,000 clinics
An investigation by the London Sunday Telegraph has finally begun to give an idea of the scale of the surrogacy industry in India. According to...
Head of GPs in UK takes stand against assisted dying
The president of the Royal College of General Practitioners in the UK, Iona Heath, has taken a strong stand against the legalisation of assisted suicide....
Palme d’Or goes to euthanasia film
Another meditation upon compassionate euthanasia is making headlines among film buffs. “Amour”, by the Austrian director Michael Haneke, won the Palme D’Or at Cannes this...
Bioethics: real life or an “esoteric puzzle”?
Corruption is not a chapter heading in most bioethics textbooks. But a passionate article in a recent issue of the Journal of the Royal Society...