by Collectif | 12 Jun, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Monette Vacquin, psychoanalyst and member of the Respect for Persons Collective (CoRP), has responded to the latest MPA and surrogacy findings to coincide with the publication of her book, Frankenstein aujourd’hui:égarements et délires de la science moderne. As...
by Collectif | 12 Jun, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
A Belgian homosexual has requested euthanasia “because he cannot accept his sexual orientation”. His request was assessed and “conditionally approved”. Several committees have yet to give their opinion. Belgian law authorises euthanasia “if the patient is in a...
by Collectif | 12 Jun, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
The similarity between induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS)[1] and human embryo stem cells (hESC) is often challenged by those defending the “gold standard” for hESC. Studies were intended to highlight the “significant differences” between both types of stem cell...
by Collectif | 12 Jun, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
20,000 sick or disabled people gathered in Rome between Friday and Sunday on the occasion of the Jubilee of the Sick and the Disabled. During the solemn mass on 12 June, Pope Francis denounced the “exclusion of handicapped people” and the “illusion” under which some...
by Collectif | 12 Jun, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
On Tuesday, 7 June 2016, the Centre-Right Portuguese President, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa vetoed the law authorising surrogacy. He believes that the law does not “comply with the conditions put forward by the National Advisory Body for Ethics and Life Sciences”, “which...