Abortion after mix-up at New York IVF clinic
A Massachusetts couple has aborted a baby at 6 months and is suing their IVF clinic after discovering that the baby was not related to...
US scientists claim that they can scan the whole genome of an IVF embryo
A California company claims that it can read nearly the entire genome of an early embryo after extracting a single cell. In an article in...
When fertility management becomes big business
It’s a commonplace of science journalism that ethics cannot keep pace with technology. As far as assisted reproduction goes, ethics cannot keep pace with business....
No ethical obstacles to artificial gametes, says ethicist
While the development of induced pluripotent stem cells has opened up many avenues of research into promising therapies, it has also made possible the creation...
In defence of conscientious objection
A leading ethics journal has published a feature issue on conscientious objectionA newly released edition of the journal Perspectives in Medicine and Biology focuses on...
