Surrogacy industry needs regulation, claims Indian broker
Exploitation always a concern India is becoming an economic superpower, supported in part by its huge outsourcing industry. One sliver of this is “reproductive outsourcing”,...
UK animal rights activists export harassment to Continent
Crackdown may be forcing them to seek a "soft touch" Stem cell scientists are not the only ones to go overseas to seek more permissive...
Is sex selection becoming another option in the US
Los Angeles Times article fails to question ethical issue Sex selection is becoming normalised in the US, claims Slate columnist William Saletan. He was commenting...
Bioethics on the campaign trail
Barack Obama reflecting on the Terri Schiavo controversy Bioethics has hardly been on the radar so far in the US presidential campaign. All three major...
British IVF clinics duped by desperate mothers-to-be
Bypassing the consent of their partners A British woman duped an IVF clinic twice and gave birth to two children without the consent of her...
Washington gears up for debate on assisted suicide
Cheque for $200,000 comes from Oregon Supporters of assisted suicide in the US state of Washington are gearing up for a campaign for legalisation, culminating...
Dangers of antibiotics for elderly demented
But who suffers? the patient or society? Say your 90-year-old severely demented grandmother in a nursing home has pneumonia. She has a fever and she...
What are real risks for kidney donors?
Have they been understated? Zell Kravinsky is a poster boy for bioethicist Peter Singer’s theories of utilitarian altruism. A real estate magnate, he gave away...
More information needed about end-of-life care
Little high-quality data available New guidelines for end-of-life care admit that there is very little “high-quality information about palliative and end-of-life care”. The guidelines, issued...
Luxembourg legalises euthanasia
All Benelux countries now have progressive legislation Luxembourg has become the third country in the world to legalise voluntary euthanasia. By a vote of 30...
Americans wary of personalised medicine
Fear of losing jobs or medical benefits Ah! the golden age of personalised medicine, when medicines will be tailored to your unique genetic make-up. Well,...
France recognises personhood of embryos
Grieving parents can register miscarriages French now recognises human embryos as legal persons following a decision by the Cour de Cassation, France's highest appeals court....