Prince Harry on being a ‘saviour sibling’
The idea of a “saviour sibling” was a popular theme in the media a while ago. The idea was that after a couple had a...
Is euthanasia becoming ‘sacred’ in Canada?
New York Times columnist Ross Douthat offers an intriguing interpretation of euthanasia in Canada. As BioEdge has repeatedly reported, “medical assistance in dying” is rising...
‘The Right to Build Families Act’ will protect the US IVF industry
“The Right to Build Families Act”, introduced into the US Senate late last year, has flown under the radar but it promises to spark bioethical...
Catholic hospital could be forced to perform gender-affirming surgery
The University of Maryland St Joseph Medical Center violated federal law when it refused to provide gender-affirming surgical care to a transgender man (ie, a...
Regulating dodgy stem cell clinics: FDA is appealing against ruling
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has decided to appeal a surprising decision after it lost a case it was fighting against a California...
Quebec euthanasia deaths the highest in the world
Quebec has become the jurisdiction with the highest proportion of deaths by euthanasia and assisted suicide in the world, according to Michel Bureau, president of...
Canada’s euthanasia program described as ‘dystopian’
Internationally, there is growing consternation at the rapid take-up of euthanasia in Canada. In Jacobin magazine, “a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist...
US FDA makes abortion pill easier to access
The latest battle in America’s abortion war is a policy shift by the Food and Drug Administration which will allow retail pharmacies to sell mifepristone,...
The gift that doesn’t keep on giving: non-existence.
The philosophy of anti-natalism refuses to die. In the latest issue of Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, Finnish bioethicist Matti Häyry renews the argument for...
Colombian surrogacy: unregulated and cheap
Commercial surrogacy in Colombia is unregulated and common. A feature in the Spanish newspaper El Pais begins: “Finding a surrogate in Colombia is as easy...
Did He Jiankui ‘Make People Better’? Documentary spurs a new look at the case of the first gene-edited babies
In the four years since an experiment by disgraced scientist He Jiankui resulted in the birth of the first babies with edited genes, numerous articles,...
The world’s most expensive drug is a cure for haemophilia
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the world’s most expensive drug. Per dose, Hemgenix will cost US$3.5 million. A gene therapy drug, Hemgenix...