INDIA

Should India repeal its ban on sex selection?

Michael Cook | 19 September 2020 | Comments

tags: abortion, gendercide, india

Yes, says Norwegian bioethicist

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Covid forces U-turn on organ transplant policy in India

Michael Cook | 06 September 2020 | Comments

tags: india, organ transplants

The state of Karnataka is relaxing some safeguards

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India continues to struggle with surrogacy

Pinki Virani | 18 January 2020 | Comments

tags: feminism, india, surrogacy

The Prime Minister should walk his talk about empowering women and confront the powerful IVF industry

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India could ban commercial surrogacy

Michael Cook | 11 August 2019 | Comments

tags: commercial surrogacy, india, surrogacy

Lok Sabha passes controversial bill

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Indian authorities investigate extraordinary story of sex-selective abortion

Michael Cook | 28 July 2019 | Comments

tags: india, sex-selective abortion

Despite the headlines, it could be a statistical glitch

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Animal rights advances in India

Michael Cook | 13 July 2019 | Comments

tags: animal rights, india

Two states declare the animals are persons

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India’s Supreme Court rules on biometric ID system

Xavier Symons | 30 September 2018 | Comments

tags: identity, india, law, privacy

The Indian government will be restricted in its use of the system's data

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Indian husband steals wife’s kidney without her knowledge or consent

Michael Cook | 16 February 2018 | Comments

tags: india, organ trafficking

Illegally sold to a sick businessman to settle a dowry

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India outlawed commercial surrogacy – clinics are finding loopholes

Sharmila Rudrappa | 02 December 2017 | Comments

tags: commercial surrogacy, india, surrogacy

What impact are bans on commercial surrogacy having on women?

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Commercial surrogacy still thriving in India

Michael Cook | 05 August 2017 | Comments

tags: commercial surrogacy, india, surrogacy

Even if the government has banned overseas clients

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Remarkable insights in Norwegian study of India’s surrogate mothers

Michael Cook | 10 June 2017 | Comments

tags: india, surrogacy, surrogate motherhood

Anthropologist conducted interviews with commissioning parents and surrogate mothers

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Indian state moves toward ‘two child policy’

Xavier Symons | 22 April 2017 | Comments

tags: abortion, india, one-child policy, population control

The Indian state of Assam may enact a strict 'two child policy' in response to concerns about rapid population growth in the region.

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Will India ban commercial surrogacy?

Michael Cook | 02 April 2017 | Comments

tags: commercial surrogacy, commercialization, india, surrogacy

A huge and growing industry is under threat

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Fears of Indian gendercide after fetuses found in sewer

Xavier Symons | 10 March 2017 | Comments

tags: abortion, gender ratio, gendercide, india, sex-selective abortion

Indian authorities have discovered 19 aborted fetuses dumped in plastic bags in the western state of Maharashtra.

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New head of World Medical Association still fighting corruption charges

Michael Cook | 29 October 2016 | Comments

tags: corruption, india, ketan desai, world medical association

Dr Ketan Desai steadfastly denies all allegations

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How well are Indian surrogates treated?

Michael Cook | 01 October 2016 | Comments

tags: india, surrogacy, surrogate motherhood

It's a job for the poor and desperate

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India may ban all commercial surrogacy

Michael Cook | 27 August 2016 | Comments

tags: india, surrogacy, surrogacy law, surrogate motherhood

What will happen to the UAS$1billion business

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The pain of Indian surrogate mothers

Michael Cook | 20 August 2016 | Comments

tags: india, surrogacy, surrogate motherhood

Three women tel the BBC of the sorrow of separation

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Incoming World Medical Association head under a corruption cloud

Michael Cook | 07 August 2015 | Comments

tags: corruption, india, ketan desai, professional ethics, world medical association

But Indian urologist says he is completely innocent.

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Corruption the main issue in bioethics, says leading medical academic

Xavier Symons | 05 October 2013 | Comments

tags: corruption, india, ketan desai

Bioethical debate tends to focus on controversial medical procedures, such as genetic modification, IVF, euthanasia and abortion. The latest issue of the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics questions this, arguing that corruption is the greatest moral challenge facing medicine today.

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