And the first prize is… IVF!
A British non-profit is touting a raffle whose prize is IVF treatment at one of London’s five best IVF clinics. To Hatch, a new charity...
Are Indian doctors turning girls into boys for parents who wanted a son?
If you are looking for lurid consequences of India’s worsening gender ratio, look no longer. Millions of girls are missing, aborted because of a deeply...
Russia says abortion ads must contain health warning
Russian lawmakers, worried about a shrinking birth rate, passed a law last week that abortion advertisements must carry a health warning.Russian lawmakers, worried about a...
Swedish researchers find new method to avoid twins while maintaining high live birth rates
Swedish researchers have found a reliable way of deciding whether one or two embryos should be transferred during fertility treatment.Swedish researchers have found a reliable...
India in “cars for sterilisation” drive
Health officials in the Indian state of Rajasthan are launching a campaign to curb population growth.Health officials in the Indian state of Rajasthan are launching...
High doses of IVF drugs could cause Down Syndrome
High doses of drugs used to stimulate the ovaries of older women undergoing fertility treatment may result in failed pregnancies and babies with conditions such...
Victorian Premier rejects euthanasia plea
Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu has rejected a dying man’s request for voluntary euthanasia to be put back on the state’s agenda, saying that it should...
Spain’s stolen generation
My hunch is that the lead story of this week’s newsletter sheds light on some of the most contested issues in today’s bioethics, reproductive technology’s...
Spain’s stolen generation
A painful chapter of Spain’s 1936-39 Civil War – the removal of children from mothers who were political opponents to be adopted out or even...
Swiss back off restrictions on assisted suicide
Despite controversy at home and abroad over its law on assisted suicide, the Swiss government has decided not to modify it. Instead, it plans to...
German docs keep ban on assisted suicide
After a heated debate German doctors have voted to maintain a ban on doctors assisting patients who wish to commit suicide. The vote was convincing:...
The bioethics of Botox
The results of recent study in the journal Social Psychology and Personality Science should make bioethicists consider the ethical dimension of Botox injections. Botox, which...