by Collectif | 13 Jul, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
On 4 July 2017, the Welsh and Scottish Governments confirmed that they would offer free abortions to women from Northern Ireland. Their decision reflects the British Government’s announcement on 29 June 2017 to finance abortions for women from Northern Ireland....
by Collectif | 13 Jul, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Transhumanism
Artificial intelligence specialist, Jean-Gabriel Ganascia, warns of the importance of ethical reflection given the massive influx and use of data by artificial intelligence systems. “In the light of devices that track and preserve information, it is...
by Collectif | 13 Jul, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Conscientious objection
In Chile, the draft bill to decriminalise abortion, which included a conscience clause only for the surgeon carrying out the abortion, is currently being revised by the Senate (see Abortion in Chile: medical teams deprived of conscientious objection except for...
by Collectif | 13 Jul, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
Medical and legal experts in 15 countries are calling for stricter regulations to prevent vulnerable patients from continuing potentially fatal experimental stem cell treatments, the safety of which has not been proven (see Stem cells: unreasonable expectations...
by Collectif | 13 Jul, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
While complex technologies, popularized by the media, are encroaching upon living science, from Crispr-Case 9 to the gene drive, we can see that “the eugenic perspective” of such applications is open to criticism. However, as biologist Jacques Testart...