An Australian suicide puts Dr Philip Nitschke back on the media stage
Dr Philip Nitschke, the veteran Australian activist for the right to suicide, is back in the news again. A feature in The Australian revealed that...
What the world needs now is more bioethicists. Or not?
In a recent issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, one of America’s leading voices in bioethics, Emanuel J. Ezekiel, said that Covid had...
Israeli IVF clinic delivers the wrong baby
After undergoing IVF an Israeli woman has given birth to a child which is not biologically related to her or to her husband. She was...
Healthy young Indian egg donor dies of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
A healthy 23-year-old woman has died in India while her eggs were being extracted for use in IVF. An autopsy revealed that the death was...
Lesbian group denounces puberty blockers as “torture and abuse”
President Joe Biden nailed his flag to the LGBTQI+ mast in the lead-up to the midterm elections. Back in June, he described movement towards expanding...
Made in Canada: normalised euthanasia
The pace of normalisation of “medical assistance in dying” in Canada is picking up. A BioEdge reader noticed that McGill University in Montreal recently highlighted...
Marketing Canadian euthanasia as a soft and comforting choice
One of Canada’s best-known fashion retailers, Quebec-based La Maison Simons, has launched an advertising campaign based on euthanasia. A three-minute video on YouTube, supported by...
Preparing for the next generation of doctors in the UK
What is the next generation of UK doctors learning about some of the most contested issues of the day? On the LGBTQI+ front, medical students...
Are mothers really the majority of American women who have abortions?
“59% Of Women Seeking Abortions Are Mothers Facing High Poverty Risk” is a typical headline, especially after Dobbs. The idea that mothers, especially low-income mothers...
Dramatic decrease in abortions since Dobbs
According to a pro-abortion research centre, there has been a dramatic decrease in abortions as state bans shut down abortion clinics in the two months...
What is the limit for posthumous sperm donation?
A baby has been born in the United Kingdom from 26-year-old sperm. His 47-year-old father, Peter Hickles, describes it as a miracle. “ The fact that...
Mexico is the new Ukraine for the global surrogacy industry
“‘Rent My Womb’: Women Are Desperate to Become Surrogates in Mexico” is the headline in the on-line magazine Vice. The article below paints a frightening...