by Collectif | 17 Mar, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
On Monday, 16 March, the Iowa Chamber adopted a draft law obliging doctors to routinely offer women wishing to have an abortion the chance to see an ultrasound scan of their child and to hear the baby’s heartbeat. “This gives a woman the opportunity to be fully...
by Collectif | 17 Mar, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
On Monday, 16 March, as part of the national abortion debate, launched by Houssain Louardi, Health Minister, the Rabat National Library held a debate on abortion organised by the Association Marocaine de Lutte contre l’Avortement Clandestin (AMLAC) (Moroccan...
by Collectif | 17 Mar, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
EllaOne® (ulipristal acétate[1]) has been marketed since May 2009 in France by the HRA Pharma laboratory. It is indicated for emergency contraception in the 120 hours (5 days) following unprotected sex or if a method of contraception fails. In November 2014,...
by Collectif | 16 Mar, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Transhumanism
Scientific advances are such that the most disturbing science-fiction scenarios are nowadays taken into account. Last week on the Reddit site, Bill Gates announced that he was “concerned by the rapid progress of artificial intelligence”. Although artificial...
by Collectif | 15 Mar, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
The European group of associations, “No Maternity Traffic”, promoting the abolition of surrogacy, and the ECLJ (European Centre for Law and Justice) have lodged an “individual complaint”against the United Nations Special Reporter [1]. They denounce “the participation...