Belgian euthanasia doctors intimidated by lawyers
Euthanasia has become normalised in Belgium. Accounting to official figures, about 1 death in 50 is due to euthanasia – and a large proportion are...
Spanish couple awarded €38,000 after IVF clinic produced the wrong kind of child
A Spanish couple has won a lawsuit in a Belgian court because an IVF clinic produced twins with the wrong genetic make-up. The parents were...
Euthanasia updates: Bailiwick of Jersey and New South Wales
Lawmakers on the island of Jersey, the small UK dependency in the English Channel (population 110,000), have approved the principle of legalising assisted dying. A...
Agonising medical decisions made by French doctors in the Sahel
Doctors in developed countries deal with ethical issues all the time, but seldom are they dramatic or gut-wrenching. An article in BMC Medical Ethics describes...
Octopuses, crabs and lobsters will be protected as sentient beings in UK
Octopuses, crabs and lobsters will receive greater welfare protection in UK law following a report from the London School of Economics which suggests that there is strong...
This is probably the world’s biggest surrogacy family
February was the last time BioEdge visited Christina Ozturk and her husband Galip at their home in the Black Sea resort city of Batumi, Georgia....
UK shadow minister to have baby through surrogacy
In another step towards the normalisation of surrogacy, a 50-year-old UK shadow minister will be taking maternity leave to welcome a baby gestated by a...
Slovakia apologies for decades of forced sterilisations of Roma women
The government of Slovakia has made a formal apology to thousands of Roma [Gypsy] women who had been forcibly sterilized over several decades. The government's...
UNESCO issues guidelines on artificial intelligence
UNESCO has adopted an agreement defining the common values and principles needed to ensure the healthy development of artificial intelligence. AI is present in everyday...