The next challenge for conscientious objectors
Hi there, During an election fought over the Obama administration’s health care law, the nature and limits of conscientious objection are lively topics. Not being...
Does American medicine need more Vera Drakes?
Are abortion doctors brave souls who defy “stigma, marginalization within medicine, harassment, and threat of physical harm” to act in accordance with their consciences? Vera...
Mothers donate wombs to daughters in Swedish experiment
Two Swedish women have donated their wombs to their daughters in the hope that they will be able to bear children. These are the world’s...
Screws turn on Costa Rica’s IVF ban
Costa Ricans may be forgiven for wondering who is bullying whom in a long legal battle over their nation’s ban on IVF. As the only...
Elderly in Europe facing a “crisis” in end-of-life care
European Union countries are not prepared for the exploding burden of end-of-life care, according to an article in the journal British Medical Journal Supportive and...
3-person embryo consultation launched in UK
The UK’s fertility watchdog has launched a public consultation on the ethics of IVF-based techniques designed to avoid serious mitochondrial diseases.The UK’s fertility watchdog has...
Leading Canadian fertility doctor in disgrace
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario is to hold a hearing about various allegations against a leading fertility and pro-choice doctor. Applications for...
Queer bioethics holds its first conference
The novel field of “queer bioethics” held its first national conference today at the University of Pennsylvania. The novel field of “queer bioethics” held its...
Prisoner euthanasia begins in Belgium
Hi there, No doubt about it: Belgium is the place to be for creative applications of legalised euthanasia. Last year Belgian transplant surgeons revealed that...
Bioethics under attack in new book
The latest book in the Basic Bioethics Series published by The MIT Press is a scathing attack on the whole discipline of bioethics.The latest book...
China appeals for sperm donors to counter infertility epidemic
China, a nation notorious for stifling fertility with its draconian one-child policy, is now worried about an epidemic of infertility. The head of Guangdong’s family...
Palestinian boy born from sperm smuggled out of Israeli prison
The wife of a Palestinian prisoner held in an Israeli jail has given birth to his son, even though she has not seen him for...