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An introduction is presented which discusses various topics including the concept of Saviour Siblings, the book "Saviour Siblings: A Relational Approach to the Welfare of the Child in Selective Reproduction" by Michelle Taylor-Sands and Taylor-Sands' relational model for selective reproduction.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including moral bioenhancement for human freedom, its compulsion for prevention against catastrophic harms and Degrees of encouragement and discouragement.

The article presents the author's views on a paper by M. Tooley on infanticide. According to the author, moral uncertainty perspective on the moral status of early human life is appropriate for adoption by liberal, democratic governments. The author states that from a secular perspective, one might doubt that much weight should be given to the theoretical possibility that embryos possess souls.

The article presents comments of the author on the research paper "Biodefence and the Production of Knowledge: Rethinking the Problem," by A. Buchanan and M.C. Kelley. The author tells that the main point of the paper is that policy making related to biodefense and dual use should be seen as an optimisation problem.

The article presents information on a symposium published in the journal "Monash Bioethics Review," published in the March 2012 issue with commentaries summarising of views of several people on their status involving after-birth abortion.