China to stop harvesting convict organs
China officials plan to end organ harvesting from death-row inmates, in a move to reform an organ donation system which has for many years relied...
Father-to-son sperm donation
A married couple in the Netherlands tried over and over to conceive, but in their early 30s they discovered that the husband produced no sperm....
First figures on assisted suicide published
Assisted suicide cases in Switzerland have grown steadily over the past decade to almost 300 in 2009, its Federal Statistics Office reported this week. Assisted...
Gay involvement in assisted reproduction industry growing
Britain’s first gay fathers have opened up the country’s only surrogacy centre to cater for same-sex couples. Britain’s first gay fathers have opened up the...
German football legend dies by assisted suicide
Timo Konietzka, former Germany international and the first footballer to score a goal in the country’s Bundesliga competition, died on Monday by assisted suicide, his...
Psychiatrists slate law to seek children’s consent
Psychiatrists have criticised draft West Australian laws that would require mentally ill children as young as 12 to consent to sterilisation, electroconvulsive therapy and psychosurgery....
Locked-in syndrome man in UK to have euthanasia case heard
A paralysed Briton seeking legal protection for a doctor to euthanise him will have his right-to-die case heard, the UK High Court has ruled. A...
A new industry – fertility finance
Julie Barth, was over the moon when her doctor told her she might be able to get pregnant via IVF. But the Illinois doctor didn’t...
Women’s rights violated in India’s surrogacy capital: study
A recent study published by the Centre for Social Research in India claims that women’s rights in India’s surrogacy capital, Anand in Gujarat are being...
Israeli mothers no longer have to adopt babies born via surrogate
A Tel Aviv family court set a legal precedent this week when it ruled that a woman whose eggs were used in a surrogate birth...
Moldova votes for chemical castration
Chemical castration will be mandatory in Moldova for those convicted of violently abusing children under 15. Chemical castration will be mandatory in Moldova for those...
Chinese couples seek surrogacy in US
While Americans have long gone to China to adopt children, Chinese couples are now travelling to US surrogacy clinics because it is illegal in their...