Dutch nurses regularly break law to help in euthanasia
New survey shows that 1 in 8 are involved The Dutch have a law which regulates voluntary euthanasia, but studies regularly show that many doctors...
Belgian teenagers may qualify for euthanasia
And Belgium's leading novelist dies after euthanasia The fragile unity of Belgium’s new coalition government is being threatened by a debate over euthanasia. The leader...
The world’s surrogacy capital: the USA
Military wives targeted by agenciesAmerica, not India, is the world’s surrogacy Mecca, says a cover story in Newsweek. No one knows how many surrogate births...
While Japan takes a dim view
Main worry is health of surrogate mother While commodifying motherhood and financial exploitation are the main arguments hurled against surrogacy in the US, Japanese worry...
British psychiatrist struck off
Media star lied about academic qualifications A highly regarded British psychiatrist who was often quoted by the BBC has been struck off the medical register...
UK Parliament in turmoil over fertility bill
Debate becomes sectarian In an age when the term "mother" is merely a biology-based social construct, it seems anachronistic to talk about the mother of...
Organ donation tarnished by scandals
List of patients awaiting transplants inflated by one-third Organ donation is usually regarded as the ultimate in altruism. But over the last few months, the...
Oregon Man claims to be pregnant
Transgender man to bear child Another strange but true tale from the ever-changing world of assisted reproductive technology. Writing in a Los Angeles newspaper for...
Therapeutic cloning proof of principle
But inefficiency dogs scientists’ efforts In an exciting development on the therapeutic cloning front, scientists at New York’s Sloan-Kettering Institute have used cloned cells to...
Abortion a threat to mental health, says UK college
British psychiatrists turn from pro-choice to neutral Women's mental health may be at risk if they have an abortion, says the Royal College of Psychiatrists,...
$200 IVF proposed for infertile African women
European scheme relies on simpler techniques You’ve probably heard of the $100 laptop, an American scheme to provide sturdy little computers powered by wind-up batteries...
Stem cell institute considers paying for eggs
100 to 200 eggs needed to produce stem cell lines The Australian head of California’s US$3 billion stem cell institute fears that its research could...