Fraud emerges in surrogacy industry
Financial crisis spreads New York financier Bernie Madoff is not the only crook whose misdeeds have been left high and dry as decades of financial...
What about the surrogate’s baby if parents don’t pay bills?
Fraud cases raise troubling scenarios Will Saletan, of the on-line magazine Slate, points out that more is at stake than money in cases of surrogacy...
Discounted sperm for hard times
Every dollar countsTalk about tacky! A Georgia-based sperm donor company is offering discounted vials of sperm for women whose purses are pinched by the recession....
Singapore to compensate organ donors
Sally Satel wants a genuine marketSingaporeans may now compensate organ donors for their expenses and trouble, after parliament approved ground-breaking legislation late last month. The...
Sweden debates fitness to be a doctor
Should a convicted murderer be admitted to medical school?Should a criminal record bar someone from becoming a doctor? Swedes are debating this after learning that...
Courts overrule parents in fight to keep baby alive
Infant had severe brain damage and respiratory failureA fight in the courts over whether to keep treating a seriously ill baby boy has ended with...
Protect suicide tourists, says senior government figure in UK
Patricia Hewitt call for protection for suicide tourists Senior Labour MP and former UK Health Minister Patricia Hewitt has backed legislation to protect suicide tourists...
Euthanasia: the battle of the press releases
Few UK doctors hasten deathSame statistics, same report, two different headlines: "Third of GPs back euthanasia" and "Majority of UK Doctors Opposed to Euthanasia". While...
Scientists researching blood supplies from abortions, claims newspaper
Necessary to maintain supplies, says National Health ServiceUK researchers are trying to produce unlimited blood supplies derived from stem cells from aborted foetuses and left-over...
Medical journal fights to defend reputation
JAMA attacks whistleblowerDetachment and objectivity are the hallmarks of the model scientist. Alas! how difficult they are to achieve -- as a spat involving one...
“The Enlightenment Returns”, says leading journal
Overjoyed with ObamaOn March 9 US President Barack Obama offered an olive branch to scientists promising an end to political interference. His administration would listen...
Luxembourg legalises euthanasia
After limiting Grand Duke’s power Luxembourg has become the third country in the world to legalise voluntary euthanasia. The other two are its neighbours, Belgium...