The world’s most controversial bike-ride
An American nurse recently returned from Liberia has vowed to defy government quarantine measures as authorities seek legal authority to forcibly isolate her. An American...
Ethical issues multiply for Ebola
Concern over the epidemic leads to more discussion. Volunteers! Volunteers! World Bank president Jim Yong Kim has appealed for thousands of volunteer medical workers to...
Surrogacy and citizenship
Can American surrogate mothers ‘sell’ citizenship to parents from foreign countries? All three of Tony Jiang's children were born to an American surrogate. He now...
Over-50s are major clients of Indian IVF
"Come alone. Leave as a family. Age no bar”75-year-old Rajo Devi with her 5-year-old daughter Naveen In New York IVF clinics, older clients are...
What does it mean to be dead?
The authors’ ‘abilities’ approach leaves open the door for unacceptable exploitation of incapacitated human beings. In a controversial Journal of Medical Ethics article in 2012,...
Children born from frozen embryos have superior social skills, say researchers
Children born from frozen embryos are more sociable than naturally conceived children and fresh embryos, claim Chinese scientists. Children born from frozen embryos are more...
UK opens national sperm bank
The UK has given a new twist to the one of the oldest arguments for trade protectionism, coddling an infant industry, by launching a national...
Voluntary euthanasia advocate dies in Darwin
He was allegedly supplied with the barbiturate Nembutal. Voluntary euthanasia advocate Martin Burgess has died in Darwin, after allegedly being supplied with the barbiturate Nembutal....
Brittany Maynard changes her mind
There can be no more persuasive explanation than an attractive, intelligent young woman with tears trickling down her cheeks. As she dabs at her eyes,...