Creating memories.
One of the most famous obiter dicta from the US Supreme Court is Justice Anthony Kennedy’s “mystery” passage in the 1992 case Planned Parenthood v....
Only connect: the Pope’s global bioethics
Latest document causes media storm The publication of a document by Pope Francis on the environment on Thursday has created a media storm. Laudato Si’...
What should we do with frozen embryos?
US policy analysts are questioning how authorities should deal with the hundreds of thousands that have been abandoned or have a disputed legal status. As...
Sperm from ovaries
Japanese researchers have discovered a way to influence the sexual fate of germ cells in medaka (rice fish). This one’s a little technical, but may...
Peter Singer ‘disinvited’ from German philosophy festival
Protests by disability activists unnerved organisers Peter Singer is in hot water in Germany again over his controversial views. The Australian utilitarian philosopher began his...
Nepalese surrogacy unearthed
The devastating earthquake in Nepal last April unearthed the ongoing exploitation of young Indian migrants by surrogacy agents in Kathmandu. The devastating earthquake in Nepal...
The Rachel Dolezal controversy
The US media has been in a frenzy over allegations that civil rights activist Rachel Dolezal is really ‘white’. In the past two weeks the...
Where is Belgian euthanasia headed, asks The New Yorker
A country where more and more people are asking to be killed. The long-drawn-out case of a woman who asked for euthanasia in 2012 may...
Repeat clients prefer same sperm donors
Couples are far from indifferent about genetic links. Despite a prevalence of anonymous sperm donation in European countries, the use of the same sperm donor...