Child removed from Britain’s oldest IVF parents
Social services found them unfit Britain’s oldest IVF parents have had their child removed by a government agency after they failed to meet minimum care...
German man forced to support IVF son created without his consent
Five years ago, a German couple, Karl and Inge, signed an agreement granting permission to an IVF clinic to create embryos with their frozen sperm...
In Brazil, patients risk everything for the ‘right to beauty’
In the U.S., if you want a face lift or a tummy tuck, it’s generally assumed that you’ll be paying out of pocket. Insurance will...
“And you give yourself away”: U2 loses fans after coming out pro-choice
U2 has come out in support of Ireland's "repeal the 8th" campaign. Irish rock band U2 has come out in support of legalised abortion, announcing...
Should driverless cars be utilitarian or egalitarian?
Why kind of ethics should we program into driverless cars? Debate over self-driving cars has intensified in the US following the two driverless vehicle fatalities...
Are organ donors really dead?
The circulatory criterion for death has come under fire. What does it mean for a human being to “die”? This question is more complex than one...
Scientists build synthetic embryos
Scientists in the Netherlands have successfully created synthetic embryo-like structuresScientists from the universities in the Netherlands have successfully created synthetic embryo-like structures from mouse stem...
Dodgy death statistics in Flanders
“Die, my dear Doctor! That's the last thing I shall do,” said the 19th Century British foreign secretary Viscount Palmerston, not long before he slipped...
British toddler Alfie Evans dies in hospital
Protesters have attempted to storm Alder Hey Hospital. Terminally ill British toddler Alfie Evans has died just a little under one week after having life...
Wow! How many people are Flemish doctors REALLY euthanasing?
Only about 15% of cases are officially reported Only about 15% of euthanasia cases in the semi-autonomous region of Flanders, in Belgium, are being reported,...
World’s first total penis and scrotum transplant raises ethical questions
Afghan veteran maimed by IED is optimistic about his future A reconstructive surgery team at Johns Hopkins University has successfully performed the world’s first total...
The ethical complexities of ageing
Two new themed editions of journals deal with the ethics of ageing. The “ethics of ageing” has become a pressing concern in recent years, with...