by Alexis DUPORT | 30 Jun, 2009 | Gènéthique informs you
The Court of New York has jus authorised a woman to collect the sperm of her dead boyfriend. Another American court, the one of Travis County, authorised a mother, Missy Evans, to preserve the sperm of her son Nikolas, killed on 5th April 2009 in a street fight....
by Alexis DUPORT | 31 May, 2009 | Gènéthique informs you
On 28th May 2008, Belgium decriminalised euthanasia. Seven years later, Pr Raphaël Cohen- Almagor, from the University of Hull, UK, evaluates the application of the law in a study called “Politique et pratique de l’euthanasie en Belgique : observations critiques...
by Alexis DUPORT | 31 May, 2009 | Gènéthique informs you
One of the forums of the Estates General on Bioethics dealt with the research on the embryo, against the backdrop of this question: has the law of 2004 to be kept as it is? The law of 2004 bans the research on embryo but authorises it by derogation for two conditions:...
by Alexis DUPORT | 30 Apr, 2009 | Gènéthique informs you
On last 6th May, the Council of State (CS) published its report on the next revision of the law No. 2004-800 of 6th August 2004 related to bioethics. Here are its main recommendations. Authorising the research on embryo Firstly, the CS reminds that the...
by Alexis DUPORT | 30 Apr, 2009 | Gènéthique informs you
At the beginning of April, the associations “Ensemble contre la peine de mort” and “Solidarité Chine” have summoned the organizer of the anatomic exhibition “Our body, à corps ouvert” which, after Lyon and Marseille, took place in...
