Sexual And Reproductive Health
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican's top bioethics official said Robert Edwards, who received the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for developing in vitro fertilization, opened "a new and important chapter in the field of human reproduction" but is also responsible for the destruction of embryos and the creation of a "market" in donor eggs.
MANILA, Philippines - Just a few months into his tenure, President Benigno Aquino III has angered the powerful Catholic Church by expressing support for the right to contraception in a televised interview abroad.
MANILA, Philippines - On Valentine's Day, Philippine government health workers hit the streets of Manila to hand out roses and condoms to passers-by.
Some mullahs in Afghanistan are distributing condoms.
Some of mankind's most devastating inherited diseases appear to be declining, and a few have nearly disappeared, because more people are using genetic testing to decide whether to have children.
