by Collectif | 12 Jun, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
A 32 year-old Dutch woman has succeeded in tracing her father via American companies specialising in the storage of DNA data. Using just three samples of saliva, a commercial data base allowed the young woman to trace the sperm donor’s Australian...
by Collectif | 9 May, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
In Ireland, the Citzen’s Assembly commissioned by Parliament in 2016 to give its opinion on a series of society-related issues, recommended “by a large majority” to “end the ban on abortion” by the Eighth Amendment. The latter, which was...
by Collectif | 9 May, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
A study published by JAMA oncology at the beginning of the month has assessed the past 20 years since the introduction of the Death With Dignity Act – the first US law allowing assisted suicide in the State of Oregon. The study revealed that “3% of the...
by Collectif | 9 May, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
“Drastic cuts in IVF services by the NHS should be offset by free pre-implantation genetic screening,” announced gynaecologist, Luciano Nardo, who believes that these tests”would increase couples’ chances of conception”. As far as...
by Collectif | 9 May, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In Israel, the Ben-Gourion University has carried out a study that has shown that “test-tube babies” are more likely to develop “various types of paediatric cancers and tumours”. The study analysed the health records of babies born...