Push in Germany for legalisation of surrogacy
Free Democrats release position paper on liberalising fertility treatment A German politician is pushing for a thorough-going revision of family law to allow altruistic surrogacy....
Should countries compete to have the most permissive stem cell regulations?
A bioethical Gresham’s Law Gresham’s Law is more familiar to economists than bioethicists. It states that “bad money drives out good”, that people will hoard...
Consent language can be too complicated for patients
High reading levels needed Research out of Columbia University has indicated that language used in patient consent forms is too difficult to understand. And if...
Human gene editing: should we think twice about producing designer babies?
AJOB explores the negative implications of altering the human genome.CRISPR gene editing technology is still in its early stages of development. Yet it is already...
Ranking bioethics journals
A very helpful list of the leading bioethics journals. Bioethicist Udo Schuklenk has produced the following ranking of bioethics journals. It is based on 2019...
India could ban commercial surrogacy
Probably no country knows more about the dangers of commercial surrogacy than India. And at the moment, it looks as though it could be banned...
India could ban commercial surrogacy
Lok Sabha passes controversial bill A controversial bill banning commercial surrogacy has passed the lower house (Lok Sabha) of the Indian Parliament. If it passes...
Euthanasia doctor exonerated after death in Orthodox Jewish nursing home
Could have implications for other institutions A Vancouver doctor who snuck into an Orthodox Jewish nursing home which forbids assisted death and euthanised a patient...
‘Contraceptive revolution’ needed to curb population growth
NEJM features plea for more funding A leading fertility researcher has called for “a new contraceptive revolution” in the New England Journal of Medicine. Deborah...
California stem cell institute inflated voters’ hopes, says scientist
The hard work of researchers has been overshadowed by hucksters Supporters of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine are gearing up for a campaign to...
Ohio family devastated by IVF error
They discovered it through a DNA test Joseph Cartellone addresses the media Rebecca Cartellone received the worst Christmas gift of her life last year –...
‘The Lancet’ makes firm commitment to gender balance
All events, panels and board will have at least 50% women The leading medical journal The Lancet is fulfilling its commitment to diversity and inclusion...