by Christy Yao Pelliccioni — The Economist recently ran an article titled “In Praise of Designer-ish Babies.” The article describes how certain businesses are now offering couples using in vitro fertilization (IVF) the opportunity to “screen” the embryos they create. Embryos can supposedly be screened for genetic risks for illnesses and even for particular heights or IQ levels. The article endorses such screening of embryos. Its main argument is that parents just want to giv

by Robert Byrd ‬ — Fetal Organ Harvesting. It’s a bewildering term, regardless of one's familiarity with the subject. However upsetting...

by Sophie Trist — An international team of scientists has created embryos that are part human and part monkey by injecting human stem...

by Sophie Trist — On April 13, the Biden administration announced changes to the FDA regulations on mifepristone, also known as RU486, an...

by Stephanie Hauer — Editor's note: The author has written a sequel to this article in 2021, in response to questions about the COVID-19...

by Herb Geraghty — We know that during human reproduction the process of fertilization creates a unique human person with their own life...

BY NATALIE GRONHOLM Photo By John Alan Elson (http://www.3dham.com/microgallery/) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or...