Ethical questions over IVF research outsourced to Mexico
Even the editors of the journal which published it have criticised it It’s highly unusual for a journal to publish a research paper accompanied by...
Will ectogenesis liberate women from patriarchal tyranny?
There is a moral imperative to develop artificial wombs, says bioethicist Women will never be free until they have been freed from the tyranny of...
What’s wrong with a virginity test?
Rapper T.I. sparks a bioethical controversy rapper T.I. If you follow the American rapper T.I. on social media, you’ll know that he has unconventional views...
Surrogacy agencies flock to Taiwan after legalisation of same-sex marriage
It could cost US$140,000 for a gay couple to get a baby American surrogacy agencies have flooded into Taiwan after the legalisation of same-sex marriage...
China to crack down on violence against doctors and nurses
‘A serious, ubiquitous, and persistent social problem,’ say experts A female doctor, Yang Wen, was stabbed to death at Beijing Civil Aviation General Hospital on...
India continues to struggle with surrogacy
The Prime Minister should walk his talk about empowering women and confront the powerful IVF industryIndian author and activist Pinki Virani has been given a...
Hungary’s desperate bid to increase its population
Hi there! We're back on track after a long gap. 2020 promises to be a big year in bioethics, with more developments in CRISPR, the...
Hungary to offer free government IVF to reverse declining population
Hungary has taken a dramatic step to reverse its below-replacement birth rate: it has nationalised six IVF clinics and plans to offer citizens completely free...
Testicle transplant opens up new medical markets
Transgenders interested in new type of surgery A Serbian-US surgical team transplanted a testicle from an identical twin to a 36-year-old man born without testes...
Canada becomes world leader in organ donation after euthanasia
Although Canada was a late starter in legalising euthanasia (or Medical Aid in Dying) in 2016, more than a decade after Belgium and the Netherlands,...
Chinese scientist who modified human genome jailed for three years
Was he just unlucky? He Jiankui A Chinese researcher who modified the human genome and boasted about it at an international conference in Hong Kong...
Huge Australian genetic screening study launched
Couples to be tested for 700 diseases Rachael and Jonathan with their daughter Mackenzie, who died in 2017 from the severe genetic condition spinal muscular...