A Canadian who thinks that gendercide is not such a bad idea
Hi there, I just stumbled across an interesting debate in Canada over sex-selective abortion. A British Columbian MP is campaigning against it because it leads...
Guantanamo Bay hunger strikers are being force-fed
Of the 166 detainees at Guantanamo Bay, about 100 are on a hunger strike. About 20 are being force-fed, according to the New York Times....
Georgia searches for solutions to gendercide
India and China are not the only countries with lop-sided sex ratios due to sex-selective abortions. Georgia, a former member of the USSR in the...
Belgian Nobel laureate dies through euthanasia
Euthanasia claimed its most famous victim last Saturday. At the age of 95, Belgian Nobel laureate Christian de Duve was killed with a lethal injection....
Bad news for fans of organ markets
Two German economists have published in Science the results of an economic experiment which supports a pessimistic view of organ markets. Controversy continues to rage...
Cracked Open, a journalist’s memoir of IVF
Journalist Miriam Zoll has just released a personal account of her involuntary involvement with the reproductive technology industry, Cracked Open.Journalist Miriam Zoll has just released...
Polish minister dismissed over controversial IVF comments
Poland's Justice Minster was sacked this week after accusing German scientists of importing Polish embryos for experiments.Poland's Justice Minster was sacked this week after accusing...
Australian court rejects ‘wrongful birth’ claim
The concept of 'wrongful birth' has suffered another defeat, this time in Australia. The concept of 'wrongful birth' has suffered another defeat, this time in...
Bioethics and John Maynard Keynes
A media firestorm broke out last week after Harvard’s celebrity economic historian Niall Ferguson said that Keynes's views were affected by his homosexuality. A media...
Select your child’s sex and have a great Thai holiday, too!
An Australian health tourism company is offering a new package for couples seeking a sex-selective IVF. An Australian health tourism company is offering a new...
Just words: rethinking living wills with speech-act theory
What do people mean when they make living wills? Remember the battle over what brain-damaged Florida woman Terri Schiavo would have wanted if she were...
Praise for BioEdge
Hi there, This week we are highlighting a special issue of the Journal of Medical Ethics about what may be the biggest-ever controversy over an...