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A U.S. government order has suspended all purchases of foetal tissue for research purposes. The ban took effect in September, with no...
"We were told that he could develop cancer further down the line because his immune system was so suppressed, which we accepted, but we...
In New Zealand, a third attempt to legalize euthanasia is underway through a bill proposed by Act Party leader David Seymour. A...
A study published in the Journal of Medical Ethics shows that euthanasia in Quebec, called "Medical Aid in Dying", is sometimes applied...
A little boy declared brain dead at birth has "defied all odds", and is now 15 months old. Kaleb Crook, a British boy, suffered...
Nearly 200,000 abortions were performed in England and Wales in 2017, according to the Ministry of Health, which publishes these figures...
A woman, married to another woman, was sentenced on 5 December by the Caen court to a four month suspended prison term with a two-year...
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)[1] announced that it will allocate $20 million over two years to research alternatives to...
In late November, He Jiankui announced that twins had been born with a gene that he had edited to make them resistant to infection with HIV...
On Friday, the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights, Nils Muiznieks, threatened Poland that the potential adoption of its draft bill against eugenic abortion would violate the country's human rights' commitments[1]. This is not the first time that Mr. Muiznieks has advocated abortion. However, on closer examination, his threat seems exaggerated for the most...
On Wednesday, Le Monde published an article in which 156 MPs call on the government to legislate on...
CRISPR tools have caused gene drive technology to resurface: it consists in stimulating the transmission...
