2012 US Election

Bioethics and the 2012 election: Romney’s surrogate grandsons

Michael Cook | 05 May 2012

Mitt Romney's eldest son Tagg now has three children born from a surrogate mother.

Gingrich proposes investigation of IVF clinics

Michael Cook | 01 February 2012

Bioethics is playing a walk-on role in the drama of the Republican primaries. Newt Gingrich has expressed his opposition to abortion and embryonic stem cell research and has called for an investigation of practices in IVF clinics. He believes that human life begins at conception.