by Collectif | 4 Sep, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
On 20 April 2014, Mr. Tom Mortier learned that his mother had been given a lethal injection at the Dutch-speaking university hospital, UZ Brussel. The patient had been suffering from chronic depression. In this case, euthanasia was administered by Dr. Wim Distelmans,...
by Collectif | 3 Sep, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Doctor Laurent Janny, a specialist in reproduction biology and Head of Department at Clermont-Ferrand CHU (University Hospital Centre), refers to the “feat” announced in the United Kingdom and broadcast by the BBC. It is the story of a little girl, Alana Saarinen,...
by Collectif | 3 Sep, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Journalist and film-maker, Carl Gierstorfer, has worked on the subject of violence against Indian women through a documentary broadcast by the following TV channels – ZDF (Germany), Discovery Channel (United States) and the BBC (United Kingdom). He explained the...
by Collectif | 2 Sep, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Last August, the whole world learned that an Australian couple who had commissioned a Thai surrogate mother, abandoned the Down syndrome baby, Gammy, taking only his “healthy” twin sister. (Gènéthqiue press review on August 4th, 2014). On this occasion, an...
by Collectif | 2 Sep, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
A study published this month in the Epidemiology journal shows that, during pregnancy, exposure “to certain phenols, especially parabens and triclosan, could disrupt the growth of baby boys [girls were not included in the study] in the womb and during the first...