Rohingyas battle population control
Myanmar finds a way to deal with its Muslim minority. Somewhere between 6,000 and 20,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar are drifting in the Andaman Sea...
Surrogacy in Nepal
Israeli medic cradling baby of surrogate mother Same-sex marriage doesn’t really fall into the bioethics basket. However, the recent earthquakes in Nepal brought to...
Israel evacuates babies of surrogate mothers from devastated Nepal
Nepal has become a surrogacy hub. Nepal’s devastating earthquakes in recent weeks have brought to light its little-known surrogacy industry. Aboard an Boeing 747 repatriating...
What’s so philosophical about bioethics?
A leading bioethics journal has taken philosophical bioethics by the horns -- and published a collection of essays. The latest edition of the Cambridge Quarterly...
Brace yourself, humanity!
With rapid developments in artificial intelligence, academics and industry leaders are warning of an existential threat With rapid developments in artificial intelligence technology, academics and...
Hands off my DNA!
A New Orleans man has accused police of an invasion of privacy after they forcibly obtained his genetic information. A New Orleans man has accused...
A donor or a father?
A Virginia 'sperm donor' has been granted custody of his genetic child after deciding he wanted to be a father. A Virginia man has been...
A “revolution” in IVF technology?
A US company uses a woman's own mitochondria to boost poor eggs A new IVF technique is being touted as the “next big thing” in...
Journal editor comes under fire
'Unfriends' Conservative voters on Facebook. The Journal of Medical Ethics received some unwelcome publicity last week when one of its nine associate editors announced that she...