Second recipient of genetically modified pig heart transplant dies
In a setback for the field of xenotransplantation, Lawrence Faucette, the second person in the world to receive a genetically modified pig heart transplant, died...
Why is the Scottish government recruiting egg donors?
The Scottish Government and National Health Service Scotland are running a campaign to recruit egg and sperm donors. “If it’s right for you then you...
Same old, same old: our enemies are harvesting our organs
Right on schedule, four weeks after the outbreak of the war between Israel and Hamas, are allegations that one side is harvesting organs from captives...
One in 25 deaths in Canada last year was due to euthanasia
In 2022, 13,241 Canadians died through Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) – 4.1% of all deaths. Since euthanasia and assisted suicide were legalised in 2016,...
Another jurisdiction in Australia set to legalise ‘assisted dying’
The Australian Capital Territory, where the nation’s capital Canberra is located, is a self-governing jurisdiction with about 460,000 people. It is considering “voluntary assisted dying”...
No people, no suffering — antinatalism at its best
“The darkness grew apace; a cold wind began to blow in freshening gusts from the east, and the showering white flakes in the air increased...
The ultimate taboo should not be stigmatized, says ethicist
There’s a good reason why the acronym LGBTQIZ+ has never caught on. As the anonymous author of an article in the most recent article in...
How should doctors react to the war in Gaza?
What are the responsibilities of physicians in the Israel-Hamas war? Joel Zivot, an associate professor of anesthesiology/surgery at Emory University and a senior fellow at...
American IVF doctors adopt ‘inclusive’ definition of fertility
According to the World Health Organisation, “Infertility is a disease of the male or female reproductive system defined by the failure to achieve a pregnancy...
Family of Belgian euthanasia victim loses court battle
To the relief of Belgian doctors, a court has dismissed a civil lawsuit against the doctor who euthanised Tine Nys, a 38-year-old woman, in 2010....
After Gaza, leading US bioethicist laments moral vacuum amongst students
A leading bioethicist, Ezekiel J. Emanuel, of the University of Pennsylvania, says that the war in Gaza has exposed a moral vacuum in American university...
Israel’s disaster leads to requests for posthumous sperm retrieval
Hundreds of young men, both civilian and military, died in Hamas’s terror attack on Israel on October 7. Immediately afterwards, embryologists and IVF specialists reported...