Mexico’s Supreme Court dismantles conscientious objection
The Supreme Court of Mexico is dismantling the right of doctors to conscientious objection, after its recent decision that the states must decriminalise abortion. In its decision...
Embryos in Amsterdam clinic possibly infected by bacteria
IVF treatment has unsuspected dangers. A clinic in Amsterdam placed embryos which may have been infected with a bacterium which can cause meningitis in the wombs of...
Illegal euthanasia of infants continues in Belgium
It is well-known that eligibility for euthanasia in Belgium is elastic. However, there are limits. The law only permits the euthanasia of minors who are...
Another Australian state legalizes ‘assisted dying’
Queensland becomes the fifth
British Medical Association goes neutral on ‘assisted dying’
The British Medical Association, the lead group for doctors in the United Kingdom, no longer opposes euthanasia and assisted suicide. After a vote at its...
Medical students moonlighting as sex workers need support not judgement, says BMA
Another resolution was carried at the same BMA annual conference: that medical students moonlighting as sex workers should be shielded from censure by universities and...
China cracks down on cosmetic surgery to stop ‘appearance anxiety’
The Chinese government has been cracking down on conspicuous consumption and tall poppies in recent months. Billionaires have disappeared; movie stars have become unpersons; at...
Appeals court overturns landmark gender ruling in UK
A landmark British case about transgender treatment for under-16s has been overturned. The Tavistock Trust, which runs the UK’s only gender identity development service (GIDS)...
Another case of fertility fraud in the US
Oops, not again. Another American gynaecologist using his own sperm to impregnate his patients? Yup, sorry. Dr Morris Wortman, of Rochester, New York, is being...
Is fear of burdening the planet driving a rise in vasectomies?
‘I just don’t want to bring children into a world like this ...’ Vasectomies for childless Australian men in their 20s and 30s are rising...
UPitt hires independent investigator to review its foetal research program
University denies any wrong-doing
medical journals and climate change
More than 200 medical journals from around the world have written an open letter demanding that governments stop climate change. They believe that a warming...