Dignitas on the move again
Residents object The Swiss suicide group Dignitas is homeless again. The organisation will be forced to leave its current location in a Zurich suburb when...
Pull the government out of deficit: kill yourself
Satire echoes realityThe Onion – America’s finest news network – seldom runs anything as satirical as this argument for euthanasia from the CMC Forum, an...
Woman aborts other mother’s last IVF embryo
Welsh woman traumatised A Welsh woman and her partner are devastated after a National Health Service IVF clinic implanted their embryo in the wrong woman,...
Lesbians to be “saviours” of British IVF clinics
Lesbians who attend clinics have higher quality eggs.Fertility clinics in the UK have identified a new source of high-quality eggs for infertile clients – lesbians....
Department of Pre-crime at work in UK
Human rights group is outragedBritish police have a new crime prevention strategy: arrest suspicious children as young as 10, take a DNA sample, and release...
At least 250,000 IVF babies born each year
But latest study gives only 2002 figuresAssisted reproductive technology (ART) is responsible for an estimated 219,000 to 246,000 babies each year world-wide according to a...
“Conspiracy of hype” over stem cell research
"How can there be a groundbreaking, a path-breaking paper every other week from Nature?"Bioethicist Alta Charo, of University of Wisconsin, is a strong supporter of...
Surrogacy booming in Mumbai
One delivered every 48 hours, says doctorIndian surrogacy is such a big business in Mumbai that one obstetrician there says that she delivers a baby...
Is there a link between organ donor and recipient?
Many patients say yes. One in three organ recipients reports that they have absorbed some of the personality of the donor, a research study says....
Over the counter baby gender test goes on sale in US
Could it be used for sex-selective abortions?US pharmacy chains CVS and Walgreens are selling a US$34.95 over-the-counter product which can tell a pregnant woman whether...
Easily grossed-out? Obviously you’re conservative
Latest study shows disgust linked to political viewsDo you shudder at slime, gross out at gore, or cringe at creepy-crawlies? Well, you’re probably a political...
Kevorkian biopic in the studio
Arthur Caplan unhappy because it could set back cause of assisted suicideThe career of flamboyant assisted suicide doctor Jack Kevorkian is to become a HBO...