What should we do with frozen embryos?
US policy analysts are questioning how authorities should deal with the hundreds of thousands that have been abandoned or have a disputed legal status. As...
Sperm from ovaries
Japanese researchers have discovered a way to influence the sexual fate of germ cells in medaka (rice fish). This one’s a little technical, but may...
Peter Singer ‘disinvited’ from German philosophy festival
Protests by disability activists unnerved organisers Peter Singer is in hot water in Germany again over his controversial views. The Australian utilitarian philosopher began his...
Nepalese surrogacy unearthed
The devastating earthquake in Nepal last April unearthed the ongoing exploitation of young Indian migrants by surrogacy agents in Kathmandu. The devastating earthquake in Nepal...
The Rachel Dolezal controversy
The US media has been in a frenzy over allegations that civil rights activist Rachel Dolezal is really ‘white’. In the past two weeks the...
Where is Belgian euthanasia headed, asks The New Yorker
A country where more and more people are asking to be killed. The long-drawn-out case of a woman who asked for euthanasia in 2012 may...
Repeat clients prefer same sperm donors
Couples are far from indifferent about genetic links. Despite a prevalence of anonymous sperm donation in European countries, the use of the same sperm donor...
Dutch man cleared after helping mother commit suicide
The Arnhem Court of Appeal has cleared a 74-year-old Dutch man who helped his mother commit suicide The Arnhem Court of Appeal has cleared a...
Baby born from ovary frozen in mother’s childhood
A Belgian woman has given birth using transplanted ovarian tissue that she had removed when she was a child. A Belgian woman has given birth...
New Down syndrome test could be more “efficient”
UK researchers are hailing the development of a ‘safer’ and more ‘cost-effective’ pregnancy-screening test. UK researchers are hailing the development of a "safer" and more...
Planning for a world with LGBT bioethics
Would it reach different conclusions? With same-sex marriage and the transformation of Bruce Jenner into Caitlyn Jenner in the world headlines, it’s time to ask...
European court allows “vegetative” patient to be starved to death
Doctors have been given permission to remove food and water from Vincent Lambert, a severely brain-damaged, 38-year-old Frenchman. Doctors have been given permission to remove...