Secular bioethics threatens human dignity, says US bioethicist
What about the millions of people with dementia? Medicine detached from a transcendent dimension is increasingly a threat to human dignity, argues a bioethicist and...
Gift vouchers for egg freezing
What better present for over-30s? Here’s a quirky angle to the Covid pandemic – gift vouchers for egg freezing. OVA, an egg freezing c ompany...
Data from popular Down syndrome test could be used by China’s military
US government regards it as a security risk NIFTY, a popular pre-natal test for Down syndrome and other foetal abnormalities, is generating data for Chinese...
Eunuchs and bioethics: a malicious act with intent in Brisbane
A DIY castration service True Crime and Bioethics Series. Not all stories in the “true crime” genre are about murder. This one is about castration....
New film examines ethical complexity of surrogacy
What if the baby has Down syndrome? There is no spoiler alert for The Surrogate because BioEdge has not seen the film. But it looks...
BioEdge has gone for a holiday
Back in mid-JulyThe editor of BioEdge is on holidays until mid-July. But he will still be checking his email. If you have any news tips...
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Hi there! Apologies for this -- I should have mentioned it last week -- but I am going on holidays and there will be no...
Has Canada endorsed sex-selective abortion?
Last week we reported that India has failed to reverse its skewed sex ratio – millions of baby girls are being aborted. The gendercide holocaust...
Canadian parliament refuses to condemn sex-selective abortion
Fears that it could be the think edge of the wedge for abortions restrictions According to the United Nations, “around 140 million women are believed...
Australia moves towards ‘assisted dying’
By the end of the year, New South Wales could be the only hold-out “Assisted dying” is on the way to make a clean sweep...
Oregon millionaire wins court battle to be a single dad
Genetic mother excluded from child’s life Jordan and Cory in happier days Dispatches from the Reproductive Revolution 1. An Oregon multi-millionaire and philanthropist has won...
UK doctor banned from reversing chemical abortions
MSI International complained Dispatches from the Reproductive Revolution 2. At the request of a leading abortion provider, a doctor in the UK has been banned...