Oregon: “wrongful birth” of Down syndrome child
An Oregon jury awarded nearly US$3 million to a couple whose daughter was born with Down syndrome after doctors had reassured them that the baby...
Reviving angelology
Last week’s news about an article in the Journal of Medical Ethics endorsing the moral permissibility of infanticide created an enormous amount of controversy in...
A new industry – fertility finance
Julie Barth, was over the moon when her doctor told her she might be able to get pregnant via IVF. But the Illinois doctor didn’t...
Women’s rights violated in India’s surrogacy capital: study
A recent study published by the Centre for Social Research in India claims that women’s rights in India’s surrogacy capital, Anand in Gujarat are being...
Israeli mothers no longer have to adopt babies born via surrogate
A Tel Aviv family court set a legal precedent this week when it ruled that a woman whose eggs were used in a surrogate birth...
Moldova votes for chemical castration
Chemical castration will be mandatory in Moldova for those convicted of violently abusing children under 15. Chemical castration will be mandatory in Moldova for those...
The infanticide controversy: the authors
On February 23 the Journal of Medical Ethics published “After-birth abortion: why should the baby live?”, an article by two Italian ethicists working in Australia....
The infanticide controversy: the editor
Julian Savulescu, the Australian philosopher who is now the director of Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics at Oxford, is ever controversial. He was a leading...
Artificial wombs one small step closer
British scientists have developed an artificial womb in which they have grown mouse embryos. A Nottingham University team led by professor of tissue engineering, Kevin...
The Brave New World vs 1984 debate
Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is a touchstone for much commentary on contemporary bioethical debates, from moral enhancement to genetic engineering to assisted reproduction. Published...
Towards a cure for racism?
Can you cure racism with drugs? Probably not, but a common heart disease medication, propranolol, can affect a person's subconscious attitudes towards race, Oxford University...
Conservatives more likely to be psychopaths, says Florida prof
A new study in the journal Neuroethics claims that socially conservative views are between 5 to 30 times more likely to be related to anti-social...