Waste not, want not
Transplant surgeons in Belgium and the Netherlands are already harvesting organs from patients who have requested euthanasia. Could this happen in Canada, the new kid...
Canadian bioethicists call for organ donor euthanasia
Safeguards would be needed Well, that didn’t take long. Euthanasia became legal in Canada in June and by December Quebec bioethicists had already published an...
Sperm and eggs grown in a Petri dish could revolutionise reproduction
Experts argue that we have to be prepared The imminent arrival of eggs and sperm grown from skin cells makes legislative change imperative, three Ivy...
Dutch IVF clinic tries hard, could do better
26 women may have received wrong sperm The eggs of 26 women at a Dutch IVF clinic may have been fertilised with the wrong sperm....
Destination Laos: the ever-changing surrogacy business changes again
Business shifting operations to another lightly regulated country The dreary design of the website and Facebook page of Find Surrogate Mother (aka surrogacy inc) makes...
“Anti-psychiatry” gets official recognition at U of Toronto
Creates controversy in Canada An institute at the University of Toronto has established the world’s first scholarship for anti-psychiatry. Bonnie Burstow, an anti-psychiatry activist, has...
Spain, organ donation champion of the world
Good organisation is the key Spain is leading the world in deceased organ donation. An article in the American Journal of Transplantation explains how this happened. In...
Ohio makes assisted suicide a felony
It will be punishable by up to five years in prisonThe Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio While several states in the US have passed legislation...