Celebrating the reproductive revolution
Occasionally we tag one of our articles “reproductive revolution” because it exemplifies how far law and technology take us once sex has been detached from...
What is a good enough reason for a womb transplant?
Indian woman ‘borrows’ her mother’s because hers was scarred after abortions. Another chapter in the Reproductive Revolution. An Indian woman has given birth to a...
Iran promises the lash for unconventional cosmetic surgery
Becoming a resource-wasting ‘epidemic’ Iran could punish cosmetic surgeons and their patients over eccentric cosmetic surgery procedures. Prison sentences ranging from ten days to two...
Is solitary confinement ‘cruel and unusual’?
Social isolation can even lead to changes in brain structure About 80,000 Americans are incarcerated in solitary confinement on any given day, a practice that...
British hospital turned off life support of new-born without parents’ consent
Settlement reached after five years of litigation Sian Hill and James Towers / Caters News Agency, via The Sun A British couple has won a...
US company offers IVF risk test for low intelligence
Not part of a slippery slope, says IVF expert An American genomics company is negotiating with IVF clinics to provide a risk test for embryos...
Assessing the financial side of egg-freezing
A very expensive form of insurance Is egg freezing for social reasons cost-effective? An Israeli IVF specialist argues in Reproductive Biomedicine Online that while egg...