by Collectif | 27 Jun, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
On revising its penal code, Angola wanted to re-examine abortion legislation. In a bill adopted after the first reading by MPs, women choosing to undergo an abortion were likely to face criminal proceedings and a prison sentence of up to ten years except when...
by Collectif | 26 Jun, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
Living Cell Technologies, a New Zealand company, is developing treatment using porcine cells transplanted to the brain of patients with Parkinson’s disease in an attempt to halt disease progression. Four patients have undergone this type of transplant and...
by Collectif | 26 Jun, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
A study carried out by Compassion and Choices, one year after the legalisation of assisted suicide (see California’s turn to legalise medically assisted dying), has revealed that more than 500 people obtained a prescription to end their own life in...
by Collectif | 25 Jun, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Baby Austin arrived on 31 March 2017, 18 weeks early. He didn’t weigh more than 570 grams. His skin was so fine that his organs could be seen through it, and his ears and lungs had not developed. In the United Kingdom, abortion is authorised up to the...
by Collectif | 18 Jun, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
On Friday, the Dutch courts authorised DNA sampling from the personal effects of Jan Karbaat, a former sperm bank director who died recently. He is suspected to be the biological father of children born to twenty-two recipients who underwent in-vitro fertilisation...