More restraint was needed in reporting Savita’s death
Hi there, One of the impressive things about the reaction of the police and the government in Boston after the terrible bomb blasts near the...
Parents needn’t tell donor children their origins’ says leading British think-tank
Should parents be required to tell donor children of their origins? An influential British think-tank says No. Should parents be required to tell donor children...
First pregnancy from womb transplant announced
Turkish doctors have announced that the first woman ever to receive a uterus from a deceased donor is two weeks pregnant with an IVF baby.Turkish...
First drug to help Down syndrome people now being tested
The first drug to help people with Down syndrome overcome cognitive deficits is being tested on humans. The first drug to help people with Down...
That “pernicious” notion of the “best interests of the child”
I. Glenn Cohen, of Harvard Law School, argues that this universally accepted idea must be repudiated. Article 3 of the United Nations Convention on the...
Ireland’s fiery abortion case ends in verdict of “medical misadventure”
The outcome of the official coroner’s inquest was that Ms Halappanavar died in University Hospital Galway as a result of “medical misadventure”. “Ireland's law and...
Why not buy and sell embryos, ask scholars in NEJM
Why can’t embryos be bought and sold like any other commodity? Making this unsettling proposal is less surprising than where it was made – in...