IVF dramatically increases twins around the world
But twins are associated with higher death rates amongst babies More human twins are being born than ever before, largely because of an increase in...
Canada on verge of permitting euthanasia for mental illness
Bill C-7 has nearly completed its journey through Parliament Canada’s House of Commons has passed a revised bill which expands access to euthanasia, eventually including...
Another team of researchers calls for the 14-day limit on embryo experimentation to be scrapped
Scientists and bioethicists have been chafing at the bit for years An international team of bioethicists and scientists has advised scrapping the 14-day limit that...
American bioethicists call for a Covid-19 commission
More than half a million people have died in the United States In the wake of the Warren Commission about the assassination of President Kennedy...
Older motherhood may not be such a great idea
A Spanish woman has had her IVF children removed for the second time Mauricia with her babies / Newsflash/Australscope In 2010 at the age of...
Call for commercial surrogacy to be legalized in Australia
There are no baby farms Down Under An Australian surrogacy lobby has called for commercial surrogacy to be legalised in Australia. It is currently banned...
Can machines be moral?
One prominent bioethicist argues "no". One big question arising from the rapid development of AI technology in the 21st century is whether it is possible...
The travails of the rich
The Marquess and Marchioness of Bath are not short of a quid. Their Longleat estate in Wiltshire in the UK is 9,000 acres and includes...
Forcibly sterilized during Fujimori dictatorship, thousands of Peruvian women demand justice
The regime of Alberto Fujimori sterilized 272,028 people between 1996 and 2001, the majority of them Indigenous women The regime of Peruvian dictator Alberto Fujimori...
Poor things! Britain’s aristocrats left behind by assisted reproduction reforms
Succession is through bloodlines The Marchioness of Bath and her sons John and Henry The Tatler, Britain’s lifestyle and gossip magazine for the upper crust,...
Euthanasia moves ahead in Australia
The Tasmanian legislature has nearly reached closure Legalised euthanasia is only a few weeks away in the Australian state of Tasmania. The End-of-Life Choices bill...
Shuffling off this mortal coil is not always pleasant
The dying process is an under-examined aspect of euthanasia and assisted suicide. Most people assume that it is swift and painless, but this is not...