by Collectif | 23 Mar, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
According to a report by the HFEA[1], the number of women freezing their eggs has tripled in five years. In 2014, 816 women used this technique in an attempt to preserve their fertility and have a child later in life. The HFEA has listed several reasons behind...
by Collectif | 22 Mar, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Conscientious objection
On Wednesday, American Supreme Court judges “heard, for an hour and a half, the arguments put forward by seven religious, non-profit-making associations, including the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington and the Little Sisters of the Poor Charity Organisation”, who...
by Collectif | 22 Mar, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
The world’s media attention is currently focused on a legal battle underway in Thailand between homosexual partners and a surrogate mother. On finding out that the intended parents were homosexuals, Mrs. Kusolsang, the surrogate mother, changed her mind and did...
by Collectif | 21 Mar, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
On Thursday, Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna were awarded the 2016 Oréal-Unesco Award “For Women and Science” for their work on CRISPR-Cas9. In 2012, the two scientists published a description of this technique “which has since been unleashed on biology...
by Collectif | 21 Mar, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In Italy, the Minors’ Court of Rome “has upheld the adoption of a child by the biological father’s partner”. The child in question is 6 years old and “was born in Canada to a surrogate mother”. This decision is final “in the absence of any appeal within the legal...