200 siblings and counting. And all very sick.
How would it feel to discover that your father is a sperm donor, that you have at least 200 half-siblings, and that all of them...
New York Times tackles the ethics of aborting Down syndrome kids
The New York Times is widely regarded as the most authoritative news source in the United States. How about ethical advice from its in-house ethicist,...
Redefining the family in the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights
In 1948 the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaimed that “Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion,...
In support of surrogacy: a response to the Pope’s call for a universal ban
Now for a look at the other side of the surrogacy debate. Pope Francis recently condemned it as “a grave violation of the dignity of...
China’s population continues to decline
China’s population has declined for the second year in a row, despite desperate government incentives to women to have children. In 2023, the number of...
American couples sue over faulty embryo culture media
Two Los Angeles couples are suing a company which supplied embryo culture media, CooperSurgical Inc, for failing to recall a toxic solution before it destroyed...
Pope Francis continues to wage war on surrogacy
Fireworks erupted last week after Pope Francis demanded a global ban on the practice of surrogacy. He described it as “deplorable” and “a grave violation...
Do we have a right not to die a lonely death?
During the Covid-19 pandemic, many people died alone, without the comfort of having their loved ones at their bedside. Policies varied from institution to institution...
Name names of doctors who tortured Gimto detainees, say experts
The issue of participation in torture by CIA doctors, nurses, psychologists during the Bush Administration’s war on terrorism is still alive. In a Viewpoint article...
Fertility fraud may still be happening in US
One suspects that in the 1980s, wherever there was IVF, there was fertility fraud – doctors who secretly used their own sperm to inseminate patients....
Sperm donor administration in shambles in Dutch clinic
In a shocking revelation, the administration of the Leiden University Medical Centre’s (LUMC) sperm bank, which ceased operations in 2004, has been exposed as a...
An Australian human rights commission wants ‘assisted dying’ for children and people with dementia
Although the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) is on track to creating the nation’s most progressive “voluntary assisted dying” (VAD) legislation, its human rights commission is...