Will brainwashing make a comeback?
Imagine this scenario: the American military captures a fanatical soldier of the Islamic State who has been responsible for the deaths of several Americans. What...
Surrogacy becomes a political issue in Australian federal election
Bioethics has been leaking into politics in the high-profile Sydney electorate of Warringah. Australia goes to the polls on May 21, with Liberal-National Party coalition...
Building the business of bundles of joy
Surrogacy, especially commercial surrogacy, is often criticised in BioEdge. So it’s only fair to give the surrogacy industry’s point of view from time to time....
Terry and Terri: can people recover from devastating brain injuries?
The New York Times recently ran an obituary of Terry Wallis, a 57-year-old Arkansas man who died in a rehabilitation facility on March 29. What...
Is it futile to defend the Texas ‘futile care’ law?
In October 2019, an ethics committee at Cook Children's Medical Center, in Fort Worth, Texas, voted unanimously to end treatment for a baby named Tinslee...
Report: Chinese doctors have participated in organ donation executions of prisoners
Shocking allegations about Chinese organ donation have been made in a leading journal, the American Journal of Transplantation. An Australian researcher and an Israeli transplant...
Spain’s High Court rejects commercial surrogacy as ‘exploitation’
Spain’s High Court has ruled that commercial surrogacy constitutes "unacceptable exploitation" of both the child and the biological mother, according to El Pais. The case...
Another suffering surrogacy hub: Russia
It is well known that the surrogacy industry in Ukraine is another victim of Russia’s invasion. Surrogate mothers are in danger; parents are unable to...
Landmark fertility fraud case settled in Vermont for US$5.25 million
In a landmark case of fertility fraud, a jury has awarded a woman in Vermont US$5.25 million dollars in damages because her family doctor used...
Lesbian couple in New York aghast at birth of unwanted son
A lesbian couple in New York have opened up about the trauma they felt when their IVF baby turned out to be a boy, instead...
Ukraine is using facial recognition technology to identify dead Russians
Ukraine is using facial recognition technology to identify dead Russian soldiers, a senior government official has declared. It then notifies their relatives across the border...
Oregon removes residency requirement for assisted suicide
Oregon, the first American state to permit assisted suicide, has abandoned a key safeguard in its ground-breaking legislation. The 1997 Death With Dignity Act stipulates...