Nitschke runs suicide workshop in London
In a hall in West London this week, a group of over-50s listened to a talk by “Doctor Death” that detailed the specifics of how...
Ontario introduces “hospital secrecy clause”
The Ontario government plans to exempt hospitals from responding to freedom-of-information requests related to quality of care.The Ontario government plans to exempt hospitals from responding...
UK’s IVF pioneer knighted
IVF pioneer and Nobel prize winner Robert Edwards is among a group of prominent health specialists in the UK to be knighted in this year’s...
Woman to donate womb to her daughter
Sara Ottoson, 25, of Stockholm, Sweden, could be the first woman to bear a child using the same womb in which she was conceived and...
Oregon senate approves ban on suicide kits
The Oregon House of Representatives has approved a ban on the sale and marketing of suicide kits, a month after senators voted unanimously for a...
Belgian doctors using organs from euthanased patients
Hi there, From the archives: during research on another story, I stumbled across a very helpful article in The Atlantic about “euthanasia myths” by an...
Belgian transplant surgeons use lungs from euthanased patients
Using organs from euthanased patients seem to have become a well established procedure in Belgium, only nine years after it was legalized. A press release...
At 58, Russian woman uses surrogates to have 4 kids
A 58-year-old Moscow woman has become the grandmother of 4 children after using her deceased son’s sperm and two surrogate mothers. A 58-year-old Moscow woman...
UK minister allows prisoner access to artificial insemination
If family life is a human right, shouldn’t prisoners be able to father children from behind bars? This is the question being debated in the...
Danish company stops supplying Nembutal for US executions
A Danish company which manufactures a lethal drug used to execute American prisoners has announced that it will stop supplying it to prisons. Lundbeck’s epilepsy...
Israeli feminists slate surrogacy
The Israeli feminist group Isha L’Isha has published a harshly critical report on surrogate motherhood.The Israeli feminist group Isha L’Isha has published a harshly critical...
Rights court sanctions Poland in abortion case
The Polish government may have to revise its abortion legislation after an exceptionally tragic case in which a woman carrying a foetus with genetic abnormalities...