by Collectif | 4 Jan, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
In Belgium, Catherine Dopchie[1], oncologist and practising catholic, focuses on the reasons that led her to refuse to practise euthanasia. Confronted with the mystery of suffering and death she felt motivated “to let go to make room for something bigger than...
by Collectif | 4 Jan, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Medically assisted procreation techniques are currently used and yet scientific literature “provides little information on the fate of these children and, in particular, the possible effects of infertility treatment on their development”. American scientists have...
by Collectif | 3 Jan, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
In Scotland, a campaign against extending the abortion legal time limit has been launched by the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC). The campaign entitled, Don’t Stop a Beating Heart (DSABH) has been initiated whereas the United Kingdom is ready to...
by Collectif | 3 Jan, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
On Thursday, three teams of scientists published the preliminary results of their studies of the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy in the Science journal. This hereditary disease affects one out of 5,000 children at birth and triggers progressive,...
by Collectif | 30 Dec, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
The London Sperm Bank – the biggest British sperm bank, is refusing sperm donations from dyslexic males. It has distributed a brochure to potential sperm donors stating that they “should not be suffering from any attention deficit, hyperactivity, autism...