by Collectif | 5 Aug, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Conscientious objection
The Council of Europe Social Rights Committee has just condemned Italy, granting the request of the International Family Planning Federation, which, in 2012, in Italy, denounced the “excessive number of doctors refusing to carry out abortions on the grounds of...
by Collectif | 3 Aug, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
During the summer of 2014, the world’s media recounted the story of Baby Gammy with Down syndrome, who was born through surrogacy and abandoned by his intended parents (Gènéthique press review on August 4th, 2014). Last week, the Sunday Telegraph published a report by...
by Collectif | 3 Aug, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
Two news stations in succession have struck public opinion as they reveal the social stigma victimising people with Down syndrome. Also concerned, the President of the Jérôme Lejeune Foundation voices his reaction. First and foremost, the decision of the...
by Collectif | 24 Jul, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Christophe Foltzenlogel, lawyer at the ECLJ – European Centre for Law and Justice – has drawn attention to changes in the “Millennium Development Goals and post-2015 Development Agenda” adopted by the UN in September 2000 at the...
by Collectif | 24 Jul, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
On 14 May 2013, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) condemned Switzerland for its legislation of assisted suicide deeming that it lacked precision and should be governed by legal as opposed to deontological standards. Consequently, and at the request of the...