Vic euthanasia bill hangs in balance as World Medical Association intervenes
The international medical community is closely watching the debate in Victoria. The debate over euthanasia in the Victorian Upper House will be “mean” and “protracted”,...
Ectogenesis: the end of the abortion debate?
Will ectogenesis allow us to overcome pro-choice/pro-life divisions?Ectogenesis, or the gestation of fetus in an environment ex utero, was once an idea confined to the...
ShanidarCare
Stories like this have surfaced in BioEdge before, but I have always found them quite touching. We report below that researchers have found that a...
Groundbreaking surgery may prevent worst effects of spina bifida
Researchers may have found a way to effectively treat spina bifida during pregnancy. A team of American surgeons have pioneered a groundbreaking surgical technique that...
Belgium: euthanasia doctors split over psychiatric illness
One psychiatrist is doing far more cases than her colleaguesPsychiatrist Dr. Lieve Thienpont, right, speaks with a patient who received approval for euthanasia about a...
ShanidarCare: Neanderthals cared for their own
50,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers cared lovingly for their disabledKurdistan is a dangerous place today, but 50,000 years ago, Neanderthal hunter-gatherers had to keep a weather...
If you want to be a surrogate, make sure you have a lawyer
An American woman almost loses her own childAnother chapter in The Reproductive Revolution, this time (as so many other times) from California via a report...
Pope Francis slams eugenic mentality behind down-syndrome abortions
The Pope says that people with disabilities face an “attitude of rejection”. Pope Francis has condemned the “eugenicist” mindset behind increased rates of abortion of...
We need to address questions of gender in assisted dying
Women are more at risk if assisted dying is legalisedOne of the principal motivations behind current efforts to legalise assisted suicide in Victoria and New...