One hundred surrogate babies?
Critiques of surrogacy generally centre on the welfare of the baby or the welfare of the gestating mother. Very seldom do they interrogate the motivations...
A Russian woman wants 105 surrogate babies – and has the money to pay for them
The Russian media has been abuzz with the news that a 23-year-old woman from Moscow named Christina Ozturk and her husband have embarked upon the...
UK to begin first challenge trials for Covid-19
Critics say that recent mutations make them useless The first Covid-19 human challenge study has received ethical approval in the United Kingdom. Up to 90...
‘Chest is best’ is the new slogan in trans-friendly maternity wards
Controversy over gender-inclusive language in the UK Gender-inclusive language created a stir in the UK media recently when the maternity services department at Brighton and...
What about the welfare of the baby in a surrogacy transaction?
Their interests are too often ignored, argues Singaporean academic "Ad for surrogate mothers, Burbank, California, USA" by gruntzooki is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 In debates over surrogacy, most...
Portuguese president passes euthanasia bill to the Constitutional Court
Portugal’s president has sidestepped the country’s controversial euthanasia legislation by asking for it to be reviewed by the Constitutional Court. President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa...
Will human germline editing promote equality?
No, says Scottish bioethicist The topic of heritable genome editing is still very much alive, as Australia’s move towards legalising replacement mitochondrial therapy shows. An...