New doco about Indian surrogacy
Tracks an American couple and a Mumbai surrogate The trailer for “Made in India”, a documentary about surrogacy in India, is finally available. Made by...
Dutch activists planning euthanasia clinic
Doctors disapprove The Dutch voluntary euthanasia society (NVVE) is planning to open an eight-person clinic in 2012 where people can go to end their lives....
Sperm-donor child launches web forum
Undercuts PR about "The Kids are All Right" It had to happen sooner or later: a forum for people born from reproductive technologies, especially donor...
Sargent Shriver and the birth of bioethics
One version of how the term was coined The death of Sargent Shriver, the brother-in-law of US President John F. Kennedy, was an occasion for...
Philadelphia doctor charged with murder over abortion clinic
Doctor indicted for murder and infanticide The grotesque conditions in a Philadelphia abortion practice were in the headlines last week after its owner was arrested...
Belgian doctors harvest high quality organs from euthanased patients
Participation is voluntary A group of Belgian doctors are harvesting “high quality” organs from patients who have been euthanased. This is not a secret project,...
back from holidays
Hi there, We’re back after summer (we write from the southern hemisphere) holidays with lots of plans for the new year. High on the agenda...
Do neo-Nazis deserve medical treatment?
German surgeon refuses to operate A surgeon who refused to operate on an already anaesthetised man because he had a swastika tattoo should not be...
UK fertility watchdog wants patients to be warned about birth defects
Links to be acknowledged The UK’s fertility watchdog is to tell IVF clinics that they should warn parents about the risk of birth defects, says...
Japanese politician has IVF baby at 50
Conservative policies make IVF and surrogacy in Japan very difficult A 50-year-old Japanese woman once touted as a possible prime minister has given birth after...
Organs of 9-year-old in Tuscon shooting donated
Received by girl in Boston The organs of the 9-year-old girl whodied in the Tuscon, Arizona, shooting which left six people dead and a US...
A tragic call for euthanasia
Sydney "hippies" and their disabled daughter Is the tragic drowning of a disabled toddler in Sydney an indirect consequence of publicity given to the merits...