by Collectif | 9 Jun, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
Switzerland should announce its position regarding Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis on 14 June. An inter-party committee has been formed, refusing to accept that Switzerland should “open its doors to eugenics”. The Catholic bishops and the...
by Collectif | 9 Jun, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
The European citizen’s initiative (ECI), ONE OF US, was launched in Europe in 2012. Over 1.7 million signatures were collected across Europe demanding greater respect for the human embryo. The European Union was essentially asked to stop financing research...
by Collectif | 9 Jun, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
On Tuesday, 9 June, Amnesty international launched an international campaign “to force the Irish government to take action regarding the ban on abortion”. In Ireland, abortion is “considered a crime”, stresses Geneviève Garrigos, President of Amnesty France....
by Collectif | 8 Jun, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Prenatal diagnosis
Last Saturday, during the annual conference of the European Human Genetics Society, Dr. Erik Sistermans (Amsterdam) presented the results of the TRIDENT study focusing on NIPS with regard to Down Syndrome in a population of high risk women. “The Netherlands is...
by Collectif | 8 Jun, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
The citizens’ initiative, “stop vivisection”, calling for a stop to animal experiments and which collected approximately 1.2 million signatures in Europe was rejected by the European Commission after the latter listened to experts on this subject. On the...