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Birth Defects Linked to IVF by Major Study

Posted on 09/05/2012 to
International News - Australia | Bioethics | IVF |

An Australian study has identified the risk of major birth defects associated with different types of assisted reproductive technology. In the most comprehensive study of its kind in the world, res

Cardinal Pell Urges Australian Parliament Not to Redefine Marriage

Posted on 13/04/2012 to
International News - Australia | Family Law | Marriage |

The Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell, has published the submission he made to the Australian Senate’s Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee's Inquiry into the Marriage Equality

Australian Jailed for Giving Suicidal Friend Animal Drugs

Posted on 16/02/2012 to
International News - Assisted Suicide | Australia |

An Australian man has been jailed for three years for helping an elderly friend kill himself. Merin Nielsen, 50, was convicted by the Supreme Court in Brisbane of aiding the suicide of Frank Ward,

Australian Woman Dies After Marie Stopes Abortion

Posted on 06/01/2012 to
International News - Abortion | Australia |

A 42-year-old Australian woman has died days after attending a controversial abortion clinic. Authorities confirmed that the woman was taken to the Box Hill Hospital in Melbourne where she died las

Australian Hospital Aborts 'Wrong' Twin

Posted on 29/11/2011 to
International News - Abortion | Australia |
Op Ed News - Abortion | Australia |

A healthy 32-week-old foetus was accidentally aborted last week in a botched procedure at the Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. The mother, from Victoria, was pregnant with twin

Trial Approved for Heart Stem Cell Treatment

Posted on 09/09/2011 to
International News - Australia | Bio-Ethics | Britain | Europe | Health | Stem Cells |

An Australian company developing an adult stem cell treatment to prevent heart failure has been given the go-ahead for a mid-stage clinical trial in Europe, moving potential “off-the-shelf&rd

Father's Name Removed From Birth Cert By Australian Court

Posted on 24/08/2011 to
International News - Australia | Bio-Ethics | Family Law | Sexual Ethics |

An Australian man who donated sperm to a lesbian couple has been told by a court that his name must be removed from his daughter’s birth certificate. A court in Sydney ruled that the birth mo

Australian Study Exposes Dangers of Abortion Drug

Posted on 11/05/2011 to
International News - Abortion | Australia | Health |

The danger of complications from the abortion pill is higher than for standard surgical abortions, according to the first large study comparing the two methods in Australia.

Nitschke Plans Euthanasia ‘Clinic’ in Adelaide

Posted on 30/03/2011 to
International News - Australia | Bio-Ethics | Euthanasia |

Euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke is seeking a location for a euthanasia clinic in Adelaide, ahead of expected legal changes that will effectively decriminalise assisted suicide in South Australi

Push For Euthanasia Continues in Tasmania

Posted on 09/03/2011 to
International News - Assisted Suicide | Australia | Bio-Ethics | Euthanasia | Life | Politics |

Political leaders in Tasmania want the island to become the first Australian state to legalise voluntary euthanasia and to allow euthanasia “clinics” to operate. Labour Premier Lara Gid