Scotland to vote on legalising assisted dying for the third time
Scotland could become the first jurisdiction in the United Kingdom to legalise assisted dying. Scottish Liberal Democrat Liam McArthur tabled an assisted dying for terminally ill...
RFK Jr’s vice-presidential pick is a vehement critic of IVF
IVF could be a major issue in the 2024 US Presidential campaign. So it’s interesting that the main independent candidate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, has...
World IVF market is already US$25 billion
According to Vision Research Reports, the size of the global IVF market was estimated at US$25.3 billion in 2023. By 2023 it will be US$43.6 billion. The market...
Is there a case for ’institutional conscientious objection’ to abortion and euthanasia?
Institutional conscientious objection may sound like an arcane bioethical issue, but it will be at the centre of fierce political debates in coming years. As...
Non-binary Canadian demands that the government cover his extreme genital surgery
An Ontario man is suing the provincial government’s health insurance plan to cover niche gender-affirming surgery in the United States which will give him both...
Opt-out scheme for UK organ donation flounders
England’s opt-out scheme for organ donation does not seem to be working. Rolled out in 2020, the system was supposed to provide an 100 extra donors...
Czech doctors abort wrong baby
An expectant mother lost her baby after a horrifying mistake in a hospital in the Czech Republic. A foreign woman who was four months pregnant...
A story of secret surrogacy in China
This story comes from the intersection of China’s one-child policy, voluntary childlessness, surrogacy, and traditional norms of filial piety. As reported in the South China Morning...
Australia’s first human challenge trials centre opens
Australia's first clinical trial unit specifically commissioned to conduct human challenge trials, or controlled human infection model (CHIM), Doherty Clinical Trials (DCT) Ltd, was recently opened...
