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Euthanasia campaigners in the UK are commemorating the fifth anniversary of the death of Diane Pretty. She suffered from motor neurone disease and in 2002...

 An editorial in the British Medical Journal has dismissed calls for the non-voluntary euthanasia of newborn babies. Professor Kate Costeloe, of the University of London,...

 After a long and heated debate in the state parliament, Victoria has become to allow therapeutic cloning. The Premier, Steve Bracks, boarded a plane for...

A company has begun to market sex selection kits over the internet in Britain. that couples can determine the sex of their baby at just...

Adding to the number of conditions for which embryos can be designed for nervous parents who want a healthy baby, the possibility of screening for...

 Want to get plastinated? This is not an invitation to a boozy night out, but a novel way disposing of your mortal remains. Your body...

Barbara Walters's program 20/20 on the American ABC network is not famed for its nuanced presentations of complex topics. So its lurid coverage of transgender...

 General Electric Co has come under the spotlight in the Wall Street Journal for supplying Indian doctors with the ultrasound machines which enable sex-selective abortions....

 "A stampede of pharmacists" demanding the right not to provide the morning-after pill has prompted a call to rethink conscience in the latest Journal of...

 Two British couples plan to sift through IVF embryos and destroy those with a high risk of breast cancer. An application to test for the...

Although 37 American states use lethal injections to execute prisoners, they also expect the process to be relatively painless. But a controversial new study contends...

Because abortion is such a well-covered topic, we seldom report developments in BioEdge, despite the fact that it is a key bioethical issue. However, a...