by Collectif | 9 May, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In the Netherlands, the former director of a sperm bank near Rotterdam, who recently died, is accused of having donated his own sperm. Jan Karbaat could be responsible for the birth of 60 children born through in-vitro fertilisation (IVF). He is also accused of...
by Collectif | 9 May, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
Six months after “medically assisted dying” was legalised in Canada, the Government has published an “initial interim report” on this “service”: between 17 June and 31 December 2016, 803 people opted for medically assisted dying,...
by Collectif | 9 May, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
The first child conceived through surrogacy in Russia was born in 1995. In this country, “surrogacy” is considered “to be one way of increasing the birth rate in the light of a worrying demographic situation”. It is available to married and...
by Collectif | 9 May, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
A study carried out by the US National Cancer Institute (NCI) and involving almost 18,000 young people has shown that children who undergo organ transplantation are more exposed to the risk of cancer than the rest of the population. However, the study emphasises the...
by Collectif | 9 May, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
In Belgium, “voices are starting to be heard in favour of post-euthanasia organ donation”, with a view to offering organs to the 1,500 people on the waiting list. In this context, Doctor Jan Bollen from Maastricht University Medical Centre, has carried out...