Another Australian state legalizes ‘assisted dying’
Queensland becomes the fifth
British Medical Association goes neutral on ‘assisted dying’
The British Medical Association, the lead group for doctors in the United Kingdom, no longer opposes euthanasia and assisted suicide. After a vote at its...
Medical students moonlighting as sex workers need support not judgement, says BMA
Another resolution was carried at the same BMA annual conference: that medical students moonlighting as sex workers should be shielded from censure by universities and...
China cracks down on cosmetic surgery to stop ‘appearance anxiety’
The Chinese government has been cracking down on conspicuous consumption and tall poppies in recent months. Billionaires have disappeared; movie stars have become unpersons; at...
Appeals court overturns landmark gender ruling in UK
A landmark British case about transgender treatment for under-16s has been overturned. The Tavistock Trust, which runs the UK’s only gender identity development service (GIDS)...
Another case of fertility fraud in the US
Oops, not again. Another American gynaecologist using his own sperm to impregnate his patients? Yup, sorry. Dr Morris Wortman, of Rochester, New York, is being...
Is fear of burdening the planet driving a rise in vasectomies?
‘I just don’t want to bring children into a world like this ...’ Vasectomies for childless Australian men in their 20s and 30s are rising...
UPitt hires independent investigator to review its foetal research program
University denies any wrong-doing