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Asia Catalyst launches Asia Aids Law Database

Posted on April 21, 2010

HAT TIP to Damjan Denoble of Asia Health Care Blog in revealing this fabulous initiative. Asia Catalyst is an NGO with the professed mission of partnering with “activists in Asia to inspire, create and launch innovative, self-sustaining programs and organizations that advance human rights, social justice and environmental protection. We link up Asian community leaders, [...]

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Surrogacy in Singapore: Morality and the Law

Posted on February 28, 2010

I. INTRODUCTION This paper addresses Singapore’s law on Surrogacy in the context of the proposition, ‘the dictates of law and those of morality will often coincide, but law does not, and should not, exist to impose one particular code of morality.’ Section II, defines the law, morality, and their overlap. Section III, addresses the principled [...]

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Medicine, media and accountability: What’s the hazard ratio of that?

Posted on February 24, 2010

Here is a copy of an email I received from a friend the other day (all bold emphasis is mine): Begin forwarded message: From: Chetan xxxxxxxx Date: February 9, 2010 11:51:46 PM SST To: Tej Deol Subject: 2 cokes a day… You were saying that there is no issue drinking several cokes a day… the [...]

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Careful before you rent-a-womb

Posted on January 26, 2010

Interesting article on surrogacy and forced abortions in China posted in Reuters…which I will use to introduce a very bright woman, Harpreet Bedi, who asiahealthspace is proud to announce will be joining as a periodic contributor with a special interest in medico-legal issues. We persistently endeavor to bring you a variety of opinions about a [...]

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