Is it immoral not to design your baby?
The editor of the Journal of Medical Ethics, Julian Savulescu, has a radical utilitarian message, but he is preaching it in the most conventional of...
Is a male contraceptive on the way?
American researchers may have found an effective and hormone-free birth control pill for men. American researchers may have found an effective and hormone-free birth control...
Maybe there is free will after all
The shuttlecock of free will has been batted back into the determinist court with a startling reinterpretation of a classic experiment. The shuttlecock of free...
New Jersey governor vetoes commercial surrogacy
New Jersey has been the scene of two bitter legal battles over surrogacy. The latest one has ended with a win for foes of commercial...
Parents who await miraculous cures could be “torturing” their dying children, say UK doctors
What should doctors do if deeply religious parents want to keep a child alive at any cost, even if the child is suffering and has...
Foetal engineering
Hi there, Bioethicist Alice Dreger and colleagues have uncovered extensive off-label use of Dexamethasone, a synthetic steroid, to intentionally engineer the development of fetuses for...
Chinese police arrest 127 in organ trafficking bust
Chinese police have arrested 137 people, including 18 doctors, in the latest crackdown on human organ trafficking.Chinese police have arrested 137 people, including 18 doctors,...
Savulescu defends Olympic doping
Oxford bioethicist Julian Savulescu has certainly won a lot of media exposure during the Olympic Games. He is a strong supporter of scrapping the zero-tolerance...
Dangerous experiment in foetal engineering alleged
A new paper just published in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry uses extensive Freedom of Information Act findings to detail troubling off-label prescription in the...
US egg donation industry often ignores ethical standards, report claims
Many on-line human egg brokers do not adhere to ethical guidelines drawn up by the peak IVF body in the US, a survey published in...
Australian judge defines “conception” in surrogacy case
A judge in Brisbane, Australia, may have notched up a world first by defining the word "conception". A judge in Brisbane, Australia, may have notched...
German government wrangling over assisted suicide
A close friend should be allowed to help someone commit suicide, says the German Justice Minister, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger.A close friend should be allowed to help...