Sperm donor children want answers, says Australian doco
A new Australian documentary gives voice to donor-conceived Australians now seeking fathers. A new Australian documentary has given voice to a small group of donor...
Legal test for new surrogacy law in Thailand
A gay couple are fighting for the right to take their newborn out of Thailand. A gay couple who commissioned a Thai surrogate mother to...
Policy analysts criticise non-medical sex-selection
Leading healthcare ethics commentators have criticised the practice of non-medical sex-selection in American IVF clinics. Leading bioethicists have criticised the practice of non-medical sex-selection in American...
New resource about euthanasia
The Anscombe Centre has released a comprehensive ‘evidence guide’ on euthanasia. As debate over end-of-life issues intensifies in the UK, the Anscombe Centre has released...
‘I can see what you’re saying’
Researchers in Germany and the US have managed to interpret the brain activity and reconstruct utterances of words and full sentences. Researchers in Germany and...
French senators reject ‘deep sleep’ bill
The French senate has rejected a bill that would legalise ‘deep sedation’. The French senate has rejected a bill that would legalise ‘deep sedation’ –...
IVF woes #2: older women
Yet another study has confirmed that IVF is rarely successful for women in their early 40s. A new study of declining IVF success rates has...
IVF woes #1: Australia
Couples are usually unaware of the low IVF success rates in Australian clinics. As couples enter pristine Australian IVF clinics with their smiling staff and...
What should we do with frozen embryos?
US policy analysts are questioning how authorities should deal with the hundreds of thousands that have been abandoned or have a disputed legal status. As...
Sperm from ovaries
Japanese researchers have discovered a way to influence the sexual fate of germ cells in medaka (rice fish). This one’s a little technical, but may...
Nepalese surrogacy unearthed
The devastating earthquake in Nepal last April unearthed the ongoing exploitation of young Indian migrants by surrogacy agents in Kathmandu. The devastating earthquake in Nepal...
The Rachel Dolezal controversy
The US media has been in a frenzy over allegations that civil rights activist Rachel Dolezal is really ‘white’. In the past two weeks the...