The confusing rights of conscience
Hi there, One of the issues to which we often return in BioEdge is the rights of conscience. It seems to be wheeled out for...
Californian female prisoners pressured into sterilization
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has been accused of forcing female prisoners to have tubal ligations in a bombshell report The California Institution...
Irish minister expelled from party for opposing abortion
Ireland was treated to a rare spectacle this week: a politician voted against abortion, lost a ministry, was expelled from her party, and parted without...
UK study shows birth defect risk doubles with cousin marriages
A major study in the UK has found that the risk of birth defects doubles from 3% to 6% if the spouses are first cousins....
Hospital fined after patient wakes during organ harvesting operation
An apparently brain-damaged 41-year-old American woman awoke during an operation to harvest her organs. An apparently brain-damaged 41-year-old American woman awoke during an operation to...
Scientists grow primitive liver from pluripotent stem cells
Japanese scientists may have found the way to address the global organ transplant shortage. Japanese scientists may have found the way to address the global...
New monument in Berlin for victims of Nazi euthanasia program
Work has begun on a monument in Berlin to commemorate the 200,000 disabled people killed under Hitler's euthanasia program during WWII. Work has begun on...
Why is sperm donation so funny? Or is it?
At Thanksgiving comes the latest instalment, Delivery Man. “Not just bad, but weirdly, fascinatingly bad,” was the judgement of the Globe and Mail about one...
“Alka-Seltzer” IVF possible for fraction of current price
Belgian IVF researchers claim that they can deliver IVF for 10 to 15% of the current cost of conventional programs. Belgian IVF researchers claim that...
The poetry of organ donation
National Transplant Week 2013 is drawing to a close in the United Kingdom -- here is a video and a poem. National Transplant Week 2013...