Surrogacy and citizenship
Can American surrogate mothers ‘sell’ citizenship to parents from foreign countries? All three of Tony Jiang's children were born to an American surrogate. He now...
Over-50s are major clients of Indian IVF
"Come alone. Leave as a family. Age no bar”75-year-old Rajo Devi with her 5-year-old daughter Naveen In New York IVF clinics, older clients are...
What does it mean to be dead?
The authors’ ‘abilities’ approach leaves open the door for unacceptable exploitation of incapacitated human beings. In a controversial Journal of Medical Ethics article in 2012,...
Children born from frozen embryos have superior social skills, say researchers
Children born from frozen embryos are more sociable than naturally conceived children and fresh embryos, claim Chinese scientists. Children born from frozen embryos are more...
UK opens national sperm bank
The UK has given a new twist to the one of the oldest arguments for trade protectionism, coddling an infant industry, by launching a national...
Voluntary euthanasia advocate dies in Darwin
He was allegedly supplied with the barbiturate Nembutal. Voluntary euthanasia advocate Martin Burgess has died in Darwin, after allegedly being supplied with the barbiturate Nembutal....
Brittany Maynard changes her mind
There can be no more persuasive explanation than an attractive, intelligent young woman with tears trickling down her cheeks. As she dabs at her eyes,...
A sceptical look at synthetic biology
It's already a multi-billion dollar industry which has immense social and environmental implications.Here's a sceptical look at a controversial subject: synthetic life (or synthetic biology)....
Belgium grants prisoner’s request for euthanasia
A decision which raises many questions. Frank Van Den Bleeken A man serving a life sentence for rape and murder has been allowed by...
On the front lines of the war on Ebola
A field worker describes her day-to-day work. Three thousand US military and healthcare workers are being sent to West Africa to fight the Ebola outbreak...
Ground shifts in UK debate over “three-parent embryos”
New Scientist magazine does an ethical back flip. Is UK’s battle over “three-parent embryos”, as it is called in the media, or mitochondrial transfer, as...
Enhancing the chemistry of love
If love needs drugs, is it still love? It works on prairie voles Julian Savulescu and two of his colleagues at Oxford University in the...