Police blotter
Surrogacy. Sperm donation. Adoption. Surrogacy. A 40-year-old woman and her 37-year-old husband have been convicted in Iowa after smuggling a Guatemalan girl across the Mexican...
Ukraine surrogacy agency faces criticism
Catholic prelates call it ‘contempt for human dignity’ The surrogacy agency which released a video showing dozens of babies stranded in a hotel in Ukraine...
Surrogacy nightmare in Ukraine
Babies on one side of the border; parents on the other Like rivets popping on the hull of the sinking Titanic, the stresses of the...
Foetal tissue 2: is it ethical to use a vaccine derived from aborted fetuses?
It’s not a crazy question, says a bioethicist Helen Watt, of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre, at Oxford University, says that she is often asked whether...
New York legalises commercial surrogacy
Bill passes almost unnoticed in pandemic panic New York state Senator Brad Hoylman accompanied by husband David Sigal, and their daughter Silvia The state of New York...
We are not making this up
A dispatch from the front lines of the Reproductive Revolution in Florida Barrie Drewitt-Barlow is expecting triplets with new partner Scott Hutchinson A disproportionate number...
Israel to allow surrogacy for gay couples and single men
LGBT lobby rejoices Supreme Court of Israel building Israel’s high court has struck down a law which excludes single men and gay couples from using...
Making Alabama men share the burden of reproductive rights restrictions
A bill would mandate vasectomies This news from the “weird and wonderful” department comes from Alabama. First, the backstory. Last year its legislature passed a...
Media medico in UK slams IVF
Why not adoption?One of Britain’s most popular media medicos has suggested that IVF should be banned. Dr Max Pemberton, a columnist for the Daily Mail...
Trump aligns himself with pro-life movement
Addresses huge crowd at Washington DC rally It is inevitable that bioethics intersects with politics. This week US President Donald Trump was the main attraction...
Surrogate mother dies in California
Surrogacy could be more dangerous that people think Michelle Reaves and her family / GoFundMe In a tragic reminder that surrogacy is not only morally...
Can a foetus feel pain as early as 12 weeks?
We need to revisit the issue, say ethicists The debate over abortion is not just about women’s reproductive rights. It is also about science. And...