by Alexis DUPORT | 31 Jan, 2009 | Gènéthique informs you
The Revue française de science politique (French Review of Political Science) of April 2009 published an article by Isabelle Engeli, called “La problématisation de la procréation médicalement assistée en France et en Suisse (the critical scrutiny...
by Alexis DUPORT | 31 Dec, 2008 | Gènéthique informs you
On 2nd December 2008, the Grand-Duke of Luxembourg announced that he will not promulgate law legalising euthanasia. Legislative process Introduced in 2001, this bill aiming at decriminalising euthanasia in Luxembourg was adopted, a first time, by the...
by Alexis DUPORT | 31 Dec, 2008 | Gènéthique informs you
An outstanding book, “L’affaire Jane Roe, histoire d’une manipulation” 1, tells the story of how a women who was, in spite of herself, at the origin of the abortion in USA, became one of the most famous representative of pro-life. The Roe vs. Wade...
by Alexis DUPORT | 31 Dec, 2008 | Gènéthique informs you
On last 9th January, the first British baby selected by pre-implantation diagnosis (PID) for breast cancer predisposition was born. Its mother, 27 years old, decided to resort to PID so that her child does not carry BRCA1 gene which could have increased by 50% to 80%...
by Alexis DUPORT | 30 Nov, 2008 | Gènéthique informs you
In charge of assessing the law of 22nd April on end of life and of making proposals, the mission entrusted to Jean Leonetti, UMP deputy, and three of his colleagues (the socialist Gaëtan Gorce, the communist Michel Vaxès and the centrist Olivier Jardé) delivered its...
