Rwanda’s “voluntary” population control scheme
Health minister Richard Sezibera has unveiled a plan for 700,000 men to have voluntary vasectomies over three years to curb Rwanda's population growth. Mass sterilisation...
Paralysed mum granted visitation rights
A judge has issued a temporary ruling that allows Abbie Dorn visitation with 4-year-old triplets. Abbie Dorn, 34, suffered severe brain damage from a...
Liz Taylor: actress, activist, clinical trial subject
Elizabeth Taylor: clinical trial subjectElizabeth Taylor, the Hollywood star who passed away last week of congestive heart failure, is best known for her acting and...
Rebecca Black not so bad now
Thirteen-year-old Rebecca Black’s music video “ Friday” may be atrocious, but with nearly 65 million views (at last count) it seems a good return on...
Does the future include three-month accelerated pregnancies?
Hi there, The New York Times reviewed a thought-provoking book this weekend, “Future Babble: Why Expert Predictions Are Next to Worthless, and You Can Do...
China considers scrapping 1-child policy
The Chinese government may consider lifting restrictions on its notorious one-child policy. Wang Yuqing, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, told the...
Half of Austrian medical students favour euthanasia
The proportion of medical students in Austria who are sympathetic to voluntary euthanasia has more than tripled in the past ten years. According to researchers...
A future with 3-month pregnancies
Biopolitical Times, a California blog on bioethics, never seems to stop unearthing intriguing examples of our reproductive future. This time it found a series...
NYC transgenders sue to change birth certificates
At least three transgender people are suing the City of New York for discrimination because they cannot change the gender listed on their birth...
“What on earth have I done?” asks 58-year-old mother of IVF twins
Another chapter in the reproductive revolution from the UK: 58-year-old Carole Hobson, a single woman, is now the mother of twins. Not exactly her twins....
US psychiatrists accused of unethical treatment of prisoners
Human rights group criticises US government about Bradley ManningA doctors’ human rights organisation has criticised US military psychiatrists, saying that they are not fulfilling their...
Nuclear apocalypse upstages Japan’s real dilemma: comment
The real danger is psychological trauma, says BMJ contributorAlthough the death toll from the recent tsunami may rise to 20,000, Japanese seem to be more...