by Collectif | 23 Sep, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
On Monday, 22 September 2014, the Montpellier University Hospital Centre (CHU) announced that it had developed a new process: 3D print embryos (Gènéthique press review on September 22nd, 2014). Numerous journals have commented on this advance, such as Sciences et...
by Collectif | 22 Sep, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
In December 2013, the Spanish Council of Ministers adopted a draft bill aimed at limiting access to abortion. (Gènéthique press review on December 27th, 2014) Since then, the presentation of this project to Parliament has been constantly deferred. A week...
by Collectif | 22 Sep, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Prenatal diagnosis
In the United Kingdom, a study is currently underway by University College London’s Institute of Child Health to evaluate how women feel about non-invasive prenatal diagnosis (NIPS) with regard to the prenatal diagnosis (PND) of Down syndrome. A total of eight...
by Collectif | 21 Sep, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Following the 3D printing of organs, the Europe 1 website announced that researchers at the Montpellier CHU (University Hospital Centre) had succeeded in “reconstituting and printing a human embryo in 3D, at the stage where the embryo comprises only a few...
by Collectif | 21 Sep, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Last December, Spanish Justice Minister, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon, proposed a draft bill aimed at restricting access to abortion. The bill has been on hold since then – it “still hasn’t been put to Parliament where conservatives have the...