Drama about surrogacy popular in Israel
Israelis have a lot of drama on their plate at the moment after October 7 – war in Gaza, possible war with Hamas, international turmoil...
A ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court sends shivers up the spine of America’s IVF industry
A stunning decision by the Alabama Supreme Court has sent shivers throughout the US IVF industry. It ruled last week that frozen embryos must be...
The global demographic winter is good news for IVF clinics
It’s an ill wind that blows nobody good. Falling fertility rates around the world are worrying policy experts. The population of some countries will halve...
Telemedicine for abortion pills is healthy and safe, says study
Supporters of telemedicine for medication abortions have been heartened by a study published in the leading journal Nature Medicine this week. The researchers, from the University of...
Finnish study sceptical of trans teen suicide narrative
The most powerful argument for launching a teenager onto a gender-affirmation path is this: do you want a dead daughter or a living son? Young...
It’s time to abolish morality in bioethics, say bioethicists
The idea that morality ought to be abolished is not limited to invading armies (pick one) or child abusers or internet scammers. Some philosophers have...
Australia’s Northern Territory ponders ‘assisted dying’
The government of Australia’s Northern Territory is surveying residents to assess the scope of a voluntary assisted dying law. All states have already legalised assisted dying, but...
DNA analysis shows that prehistoric people treated disabled children with respect
In ancient cultures some children were born with Down syndrome and other genetic disorders. But our prehistoric forebears treated them with great respect. This is...
Inadvertent incest after IVF is real
Historic news flash in the chronicles of the Reproductive Revolution! A CNN investigation of the aftermath of “fertility fraud” – doctors impregnating their patients with their own...
Former Dutch PM and his wife die together in ‘duo euthanasia’
They may have been the most publicised deaths in the history of euthanasia in the Netherlands. A former prime minister of the country and his...
Ecuador’s high court legalizes euthanasia
Ecuador has become the third country in Latin America to permit euthanasia and assisted suicide. Last week its Constitutional Court decreed by a vote of 7...
‘Terminalism’: discrimination against the dying is wrong
Unjust discrimination is a focal point of bioethics discourse. Bioethicists battle sexism, racism, classism, speciesism, ableism, and ageism. Do they really need another ism? Yes,...