Normalising MAiD with colouring books for Canadian children
Here’s an interesting development in the normalization of euthanasia. A website supported by Health Canada, Canadian Virtual Hospice, has produced an activity book to explain...
Monkeypox is now a global health emergency
Fears of a monkeypox epidemic are spreading in the United States. The governor of New York state, Kathy Hochul, has declared it a statewide disaster...
Children to be eligible for euthanasia in Netherlands
A significant cohort is currently ineligible for euthanasia in the Netherlands – children aged 1 to 12. The Dutch Minister for Health plans to correct...
Sperm donor makes his ‘royal progress’ in Queensland
Here is a real-life scenario begging for a novelist or a reality-TV producer. Adam Hooper is a 37-year-old man from Perth who has 2 children...
Another step forward towards artificial gametes
Have scientists moved a step closer to in vitro gametogenesis – creating human embryos from artificial eggs and sperm? In a paper published earlier this...
Spain: where the right to die can trump the right to justice
"I am paraplegic. I have 45 stitches in my hand. I cannot move my left arm well. I have screws in my body and cannot...
Will abortion increase maternal mortality?
In a widely-cited study, researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder found that a complete ban on all abortions in the United States will increase...
Dobbs and IVF: a clear and present danger, say doctors
The overturning of Roe v. Wade has created great uncertainty for IVF doctors in the United States, according to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine....
WHO endorses gender fluidity
The World Health Organization plans to update its guidance on gender to assert that “sex is not limited to male or female.” The guidelines are...
Are children capable of giving informed consent to puberty blockers?
Whether children with gender dysphoria can give informed consent to the medications need to block the onset of puberty is deeply controversial. Many articles have...
Chloe’s story: puberty blockers at 13, a double mastectomy at 15
The California State Assembly has been studying a bill, SB 107, to declare the state a sanctuary for minors who have been denied transgender -affirming...
The new battleground: medication abortion
With abortion clinics closing their doors across the United States and more than half of the states restricting abortion to some extent, pro-choice advocates are...