by Collectif | 6 Jul, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In 2010, in the United States, Niklas Evans was the victim of an attack following which he entered a coma and died ten days later. Missy Evans, his mother, asked the hospital to collect his sperm in order for him to father a child posthumously with a surrogate mother....
by Collectif | 13 Apr, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
On Sunday 13 April, the Italian Ministry for Health announced the launch of an audit at the Sandro-Pertini Hospital in Rome following the revelation by the newspaper, La Stampa, of an embryo swap between two couples during an in-vitro fertilisation procedure. ...
by Collectif | 11 Oct, 2012 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
After being awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine 2012, the British biologist John B. Gurdon said that he was "immensely honoured to be awarded this spectacular recognition, and delighted to be due to receive it with Shinya Yamanaka, whose work has brought the...
by Collectif | 11 Oct, 2012 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
On Sunday 7 October, "around 2,000 people demonstrated to call for a total ban on abortion, at a time when the Conservative Spanish government is preparing a law restricting the current legislation, adopted in 2010 by the Socialists." The spokesperson of the...
by Collectif | 11 Oct, 2012 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
On 18 October, "the first private clinic to carry out abortions in Northern Ireland will open in Belfast." In a press release, the Marie Stopes Foundation, which will be managing the clinic, states that "the clinic will carry out abortions within the...