No more kids?
One of the premises of The Handmaid’s Tale, the popular dystopian novel and TV series, is that in an era of era of environmental pollution...
Does plastic threaten the survival of the human race?
A new book gathers the figures on growing infertility You might remember the novelist and celebrity Norman Mailer, the crazy uncle of the American literary...
IVF dramatically increases twins around the world
But twins are associated with higher death rates amongst babies More human twins are being born than ever before, largely because of an increase in...
Canada on verge of permitting euthanasia for mental illness
Bill C-7 has nearly completed its journey through Parliament Canada’s House of Commons has passed a revised bill which expands access to euthanasia, eventually including...
Another team of researchers calls for the 14-day limit on embryo experimentation to be scrapped
Scientists and bioethicists have been chafing at the bit for years An international team of bioethicists and scientists has advised scrapping the 14-day limit that...
American bioethicists call for a Covid-19 commission
More than half a million people have died in the United States In the wake of the Warren Commission about the assassination of President Kennedy...
Older motherhood may not be such a great idea
A Spanish woman has had her IVF children removed for the second time Mauricia with her babies / Newsflash/Australscope In 2010 at the age of...
Call for commercial surrogacy to be legalized in Australia
There are no baby farms Down Under An Australian surrogacy lobby has called for commercial surrogacy to be legalised in Australia. It is currently banned...