by Collectif | 30 Sep, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
On 10 November 2010, Mrs. Gross, a Swiss lady in her eighties, appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on the basis that several doctors had refused to give her a lethal dose of medication. In actual fact she was not suffering from any disease. This...
by Collectif | 30 Sep, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Prenatal diagnosis
The Cerba laboratory, which has developed the new non-invasive screening test (NIPS) for Down syndrome in France, just announced the results of its SEDHA clinical trial on 30 September: the sensitivity of the test exceeded 99% for 907 women considered to be at...
by Collectif | 29 Sep, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Prenatal diagnosis
“We have entered the eugenics century” according to Laurent Alexandre, head of a DNA sequencing company and advocate of transhumanism, in an interview for the www.usbek-et-rica.fr blog. The “turning point in history” is marked by the arrival...
by Collectif | 28 Sep, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
According to a Belgian study directed by Dr.Frédéric Aman at the Catholic University of Louvain, “the fear that the foetus might experience side effects cannot justify any delay in anti-cancer treatment, terminate a pregnancy or cause a child to be born...
by Collectif | 28 Sep, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) has just updated guidelines relating to gamete donation taking into account the fact that children born via this technique may have the right to find out who their biological parents are. Increasing numbers of...