California woman sues FDA for right to use “free” sperm
A California lesbian is suing the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over its "unconstitutional" sperm donor policies.A California lesbian is suing the US Food...
Scores of IVF babies terminated because of abnormalities in UK
Nearly 130 IVF babies were aborted in the UK last year because an abnormality was detected before birth.Nearly 130 IVF babies were aborted in the...
Israeli sentenced in first US organ trafficking conviction
The first US conviction for organ trafficking has ended in a two-and-a-half year jail sentence for an Israeli citizen living in New York.The first US...
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Surgery scam leaves thousands of Indian women unable to bear children
Surgeons may have removed the wombs of 7,000 healthy women in Chhattisgarh – a poor and largely rural state in central India -- to make...
Doubts emerge about Dutch guidelines for terminal sedation
Should deep, continuous sedation at the end of life really be treated as normal medical practice in the Netherlands, ask three Dutch authors in the...
Right-to-die movement has split into two warring camps, says Nitschke
The right-to-die movement has split into two warring camps, according to Australian euthanasia activist Dr Philip Nitschke. Speaking at the annual conference of right-to-die societies...