Digging in the murky past of IVF
Hi there, Another research scandal from the 1950s has been uncovered, this time in Canada. As Xavier Symons reports below, Native American children in boarding...
Spread the love: a new principle for procreation in the age of IVF
Procreative beneficence must be supplemented with another concept, procreative altruism, argue two Oxford bioethicists Utilitarian notions of reproductive autonomy may not be as simple to...
Does the development of IVF have a murky past?
Was Patrick Steptoe, one of the famed creators of IVF, sensitive to research ethics? Robert Edwards (L) and Patrick Steptoe (R) announcing the birth of...
Irish minister expelled from party for opposing abortion
Ireland was treated to a rare spectacle this week: a politician voted against abortion, lost a ministry, was expelled from her party, and parted without...
“Alka-Seltzer” IVF possible for fraction of current price
Belgian IVF researchers claim that they can deliver IVF for 10 to 15% of the current cost of conventional programs. Belgian IVF researchers claim that...
Don’t the Royals have a right to genetic privacy, too?
The London Times splashed the genetic heritage of Prince Harry and Prince William across their front page recently. The London Times splashed the genetic heritage...
UK to allow research into three-parent embryos
The UK government has decided that it will allow the creation of three-parent embryos to prevent the births of children with mitochondrial diseases. The UK...
IVF grows in Asia with government subsidies
As IVF markets mature in Western nations, private companies are scrambling to expand into a growing Asian market As IVF markets mature in Western nations,...
New bill to end IVF ‘discrimination’ in South Australia
A new bill is before the South Australian parliament that would make IVF available to lesbian couples and fertile single mothersA new bill is before...
More restraint was needed in reporting Savita’s death
Hi there, One of the impressive things about the reaction of the police and the government in Boston after the terrible bomb blasts near the...
Ireland’s fiery abortion case ends in verdict of “medical misadventure”
The outcome of the official coroner’s inquest was that Ms Halappanavar died in University Hospital Galway as a result of “medical misadventure”. “Ireland's law and...
Why not buy and sell embryos, ask scholars in NEJM
Why can’t embryos be bought and sold like any other commodity? Making this unsettling proposal is less surprising than where it was made – in...