Topic
In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)
Bearing Life in a Broken World: A Review of 'No Easy Choice'
Strengthened by her own story, Ellen Painter Dollar's book explores the ethical dimensions of reproductive technology.
May 4, 2012
How Much Do Our Stories Matter?
Christian theology makes clear both the limits and the necessity of stories for meaningful moral discourse.
August 19, 2011
Three Stories About Reproductive Technology
A heartbroken mother, an infertile couple, and a novelist's characters reveal the emotional tales behind technological reproduction.
August 18, 2011
A Woman, Not a 'Gestational Carrier'
How the global infertility industry reduces women to profitable body parts.
January 18, 2011
Troubled by the Twiblings?
Melanie Thernstrom's 'NYT Magazine' article about her unconventional method of having children left me unsettled—but not for the reasons you think.
January 13, 2011
Abortion Case: Womb vs. Egg
Ethical issues abound in case of British Columbia couple who wanted surrogate mom to terminate pregnancy after baby was found to have Down Syndrome.
October 15, 2010
A Concerning Nobel Prize
The success of IVF technology and our empathy for the families it helps do not trump ongoing ethical concerns.
October 8, 2010
Frozen Embryos: Biotech's Hidden Dilemma
What should be done with frozen embryos left at fertility clinics?
July 28, 2010
You're Never 'Ready' to Parent
Entering the inconvenience of parenthood is indeed stressful—and full of grace.
July 14, 2010
Offering Grace to Infertile Couples
The revised edition of William Cutrer and Sandra Glahn's 'When Empty Arms Become a Heavy Burden' is an encouraging, if limited, resource.
June 8, 2010
Get Your Free Human Eggs
A recent in vitro fertilization 'raffle' in London entices British women with an unregulated American fertility market. But it's too easy to dismiss that market as a money-grubbing enterprise.
March 24, 2010
Where Does Francis Collins Stand on Stem-Cell Research?
The question is more pressing now that he is heading the National Institutes of Health.
July 13, 2009
Am I My Sister's Keeper?
A new movie explores tensions between preserving a life when a terminally ill patient feels ready to die.
June 26, 2009
Is There Such a Thing as Too Many Children?
Questions linger as last of Nadya Suleman's octuplets heads home.
April 21, 2009
Test Tube Ethics
Some couples pay the hefty price of storing frozen embryos, despite increasing pressure to donate them for scientific research.
April 16, 2009
U.K.'s Solution to Multiple Problems: One at a Time
Britain may tighten IVF laws to prevent multiple pregnancies.
April 12, 2007
Worth Protecting 
It's hard to see the humanity of tiny embryos if we live by blind faith.
November 9, 2006
At Vatican's Urging, Italians Stay Home from Polls
Plus: Billy's New York Times interview, India to deport beaten American missionaries, and other stories from online sources around the world.
April 13, 2006
Outsourcing Birth: Let an Indian Woman Have Your Baby
Plus: Good news from Europe on stem-cell funding.
April 5, 2006
Are You My Sperm Donor?
Plus: Another Hwang turn, more small surprises, and other life ethics stories.
January 26, 2006
Stemming the Embryonic Tide
Pro-lifers face a scientific and public relations juggernaut.
September 28, 2005
Unwanted Interruptions
Why is our culture so hostile to children-inside and outside the womb?
July 1, 2004
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