Is this the world’s oldest mother?
Indian woman gives birth to twins at 70 An Indian woman may have shattered the record for the world’s oldest mother by giving birth at...
IVF parents should do what they’re told, says bioethicist
“Unprofessional” to allow unhealthy babies to be born Utilitarian bioethicists normally seem free-wheeling types who encourage people to create the kind of children they want....
Growing number of American parents reject vaccines
Not on religious grounds, but because they surf the internet To avoid vaccinating your child, would you send your child to a measles party? To...
Adult stem cells could cure diabetic blindness
Pfizer take the plunge and invests in stem cell research Good news on the adult stem cell front from the big drug company Pfizer. It...
IVF expert backs sex selection
The Greeks and Romans did it, why not us? Lord Robert Winston, one of the world’s leading expert in IVF technology, has given sex selection...
Savulescu gets major grant for neuroethics
Centre will deal with profound ethical challenges One of the world’s most influential utilitarian philosophers has received a £800,000 grant to set up a centre...
Scientists want market in eggs for research
Ban on compensation is crippling, says Nature. Throughout the long and acrimonious debate over therapeutic cloning, its opponents have asked “where will the eggs come...
Dutch Medical Association promotes suicide book
Sold over internet for people who are not terminally ill Sites which provide suicide information on the internet are banned in some countries. But in...
“Alarming” rise in pro-life US pharmacies
Abortion and women’s rights supporters fear the worst Supporters of women’s reproductive freedom in the US are alarmed by the growth in "pro-life pharmacies" which...
New Zealand committee recommends sex selection
"Saviour siblings" also endorsed New Zealanders should have access to sex selection through IVF, the New Zealand Bioethics Council (or Toi Te Taiao in the...
Two women convicted of “mercy killing” by Australian court
Nitschke breaks into tears Much to the distress of the Australian euthanasia lobby, two women have been found guilty of the mercy killing of an...
Canadian doctors resign rather than treat man on life support
Complaints that hospital care costs too much money Three doctors have resigned from a Winnipeg hospital rather than keep alive an 84-year-old Jewish man who...