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Dutch Review Says Doctor Followed Rules in First Post‑2024 Euthanasia of a Toddler

The committee ruled the case met the 2024 legal criteria for euthanasia of children under 12.

Surrogate Asks Supreme Court to Block California Parentage Ruling That Could Move Newborn Out of Texas

Researchers Sustain Human Brain Organoids for Years and Show Cells 'Record' Biological Age

Harvard Agrees to $53 Million to Settle Lawsuits Over Stolen Body Parts

Newborn in High-Profile Surrogacy Fight Undergoes Norwood Heart Surgery

Dallas Newborn With Heart Defect Placed With Intended Parents After Surrogacy Custody Fight

France’s Constitutional Court Upholds Law Creating Right to Aid to Die With Three Limits

Massachusetts Removes 24‑Week Abortion Cutoff and Puts Later Care Under Doctors’ Judgment

Naples Hospital Confirms Wrong Embryo Was Implanted and Newborn Is Not Genetically Related

Texas Court Orders Life‑Saving Care After Surrogate Gives Birth to Baby With Heart Defect

French Government Asks Constitutional Council to Review End‑of‑Life Law

Wrong Embryo Transferred at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan

Milan Clinic Implanted Another Couple's Embryo by Mistake

HHS Begins Decertification of Network for Hope Over Patient‑Safety Failures

Kyoto University Hospital Admits Surgical Error That Damaged Patient’s Brainstem

Surgeon Erased from UK Medical Register Over 'Closed Loop' 2020 Operation

Surrogate Refuses Abortion as Multistate Legal Fight Over Fetus With Heart Defect Escalates

Researcher Investigated for Concealing Child’s Death After Experimental Gene‑Editing Trial

Operator of International Medical Consultation Re-Arrested Over Paid Kidney-Transplant Brokerage

Gunther von Hagens Dies at 81, Creator of the Körperwelten Exhibitions