Lesbian couple in New York aghast at birth of unwanted son
A lesbian couple in New York have opened up about the trauma they felt when their IVF baby turned out to be a boy, instead...
Three-parent embryo law passed in Australia
A bill authorising three-parent embryos sailed through the upper house of the Australian Parliament in late March after a fierce debate. “Maeve’s Law”, named after...
Ukraine is using facial recognition technology to identify dead Russians
Ukraine is using facial recognition technology to identify dead Russian soldiers, a senior government official has declared. It then notifies their relatives across the border...
Oregon removes residency requirement for assisted suicide
Oregon, the first American state to permit assisted suicide, has abandoned a key safeguard in its ground-breaking legislation. The 1997 Death With Dignity Act stipulates...
Chinese scientists create parthenogenic mouse
Scientists affiliated with several institutions in China and one in the US have successfully created a fertile mouse derived from a single unfertilized egg. In...
Are Nigerian prisoners in China being killed for their organs?
Although it has produced no hard evidence, a Nigerian NGO fears that some Nigerians in Chinese jails have been killed for their organs. The head...
Transgender medicine in the US accelerates
The cause of transgender rights received a moral boost this week when US President Joe Biden again proclaimed March 31 as Transgender Day of Visibility....
France slams on transgender brakes
While the Biden Administration has uncritically embraced the necessity of “gender-affirmative” medicine for American adolescents, other countries are slamming on the brakes. In France the...
Washington state sues ‘snake oil’ stem cell clinic
A Seattle based stem cell company, US Stemology, is being sued for deceptively marketing and selling stem cell therapies for a cure-all for dozens of...
Italy on the brink of legalising assisted suicide
Italy has moved closer to the legalisation of assisted suicide. The lower house of parliament voted for a new law -- by 253 votes to...
Conscientious objection is ‘indefensible’, says WHO
The latest abortion care guidelines from the World Health Organization severely criticise conscientious objection (CO) as a major obstacle to making abortion freely available. “Conscientious...
Oregon’s ‘death with dignity’ stats need to be examined
Oregon was the first American state to pass a right-to-die, back in 1996. Since then, its legislation has become a template for assisted suicide legislation...