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Deposition Details Florida Surgeon’s Account in Wrong-Organ Death Case

The newly public testimony sets his account against autopsy findings that blame surgical injury, not a ruptured aneurysm.

Florida IVF Mix-Up: Couple Says Baby’s Genetic Parents Identified

Peru Judge Orders Emergency Transfusion for Newborn After Parents Refuse on Religious Grounds

Florida IVF Clinic Closes After Embryo Mix-Up Lawsuits

Milan Judge Dismisses Cases Against Marco Cappato in Two Assisted-Suicide Trips

Dozens Seek DNA Testing After Rijnstate Confirms Ex-Gynaecologist Fathered At Least 16 Children

Judge Orders Weekly Hearings and Patient Outreach in Florida IVF Embryo Mix-Up Case

Parents of 26-Year-Old Push to Curb Canada's Track 2 MAID After Son's December Death

Judge Demands Rapid Plan in Orlando IVF Embryo Mix-Up Case

French Senate Rejects Assisted-Dying Bill, Sending It Back to the National Assembly

Florida Couple Sues Orlando IVF Clinic Over Alleged Embryo Mix-Up as Case Moves to Orange County

Morena Deputy Files Bill to Decriminalize Assisted Death for Adults in Mexico

Graz Court Acquits Surgeons in Case of 12-Year-Old at Skull Operation

Paris Court Delays Trial of Joyeux and Fourtillan in Illegal Clinical Tests Case

Rijnstate and Retired Gynaecologist Settle Case Over Misused IVF Sperm

Victoria Imposes Licence Conditions on Monash IVF After Embryo Mix-Ups

Pushback Intensifies on Mexico’s Euthanasia Initiative as Edomex Plan Moves to Committees

Streeting Orders Immediate Probe Into Oxford Maternity Care After New Allegations

Aachen Court Jails Nurse for Life Over Ten Patient Murders

Vicenza Trial Opens Over 14-Year-Old’s Death After Parents Rejected Cancer Care