Groundbreaking surgery may prevent worst effects of spina bifida
Researchers may have found a way to effectively treat spina bifida during pregnancy. A team of American surgeons have pioneered a groundbreaking surgical technique that...
Pope Francis slams eugenic mentality behind down-syndrome abortions
The Pope says that people with disabilities face an “attitude of rejection”. Pope Francis has condemned the “eugenicist” mindset behind increased rates of abortion of...
Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill passes Victoria’s Lower House
The Victorian Parliament is close to legalising euthanasia. Australians watched this week as Victoria’s State parliament debated the government-sponsored Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017. The...
Mary Stopes staff pressured into pursuing abortions
Marie Stopes has come under scrutiny after a review of one of its clinics. As Britain marks the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Abortion Act,...
Calls for commercial surrogacy in Australia as children get ‘stranded’
An Australian couple has discovered they will not be recognised as the parents of their children. An Australian couple living in the US has discovering...
Nine out of ten Quebec caregivers support MAiD for the demented – new study
A new study claims that 91% of Quebec caregivers agree with MAiD for the demented. A new study claims that nine out of ten Quebec...
Michigan mother jailed for refusing to vaccinate child
A 40-year-old Michigan anti-vaxxer has been sentenced to seven days jail. A 40-year-old Michigan woman has been sentenced to seven days jail after disobeying a...
Medical aid urgently needed in Myanmar
The Lancet called this week for humanitarian support to be “urgently deployed" in Myanmar. The persecution of the Rohingya population in Myanmar has a decades...
Coma victims, PVS patients, and waking the dead
Is a PVS patient really gone forever? A 35-year-old man who had been in a vegetative state for 15 years after a car accident has...
Organ donation and recipient information
Bioethicists are getting resourceful in their search to solve the organ donation crisis. How can we solve the shortage of organ donors? Clearly there’s no...
Ireland to vote on abortion in 2018
Ireland will soon vote on its controversial constitutional abortion restrictions. Ireland will vote in 2018 on whether to keep its controversial constitutional abortion restrictions, which...
American Nurses Association endorses VSED
The ANA has endorsed “voluntary stopping of eating and drinking” in new guidelines. Many patients require artificial nutrition and hydration (ANH) at the end of...