by Collectif | 12 Mar, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
On Wednesday, 11 March, the European Parliament adopted the Panzeri report, the 2013 annual report on ” Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter”. This report includes a paragraph that seeks to...
by Collectif | 12 Mar, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
A national meeting on abortion was held in Morocco on 11 March. On this occasion, Moroccan Health Minister, El Houssine Louardi, commented on the current abortion law, referring to it as “restrictive, unfair, obsolete” and “not taking into...
by Collectif | 11 Mar, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Bioethics Law
The Oklahoma Parliament in the United States has adopted a draft law banning research on embryo stem cells. The law aims to protect the embryo, which it recognises as “a living organism of the homosapien species, even from its earliest stages of...
by Collectif | 11 Mar, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
The number of assisted suicide requests increased by 20% last year in German- and Italian-speaking Switzerland. Five hundred and eighty-four (584) people were given assistance to die in German-speaking Switzerland, i.e. an increase of 124 compared to 2013. ...
by Collectif | 9 Mar, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Conscientious objection
A study conducted by the CSPCP (Society of Palliative Care Physicians) has revealed that most Canadian palliative care specialists refuse to participate in assisted suicides. Only 25% of CSPCP members are prepared to help a patient take his/her own life. The...