by Collectif | 24 Feb, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Although the purchase of abortion pills without a prescription is illegal in Great Britain, on-line sales of these pills are soaring. According to Government statistics, 375 pills sent to addresses in England, Wales and Scotland were seized in 2016 during annual...
by Collectif | 24 Feb, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Since 2015, in accordance with European legislation, the morning after pill has been available in Poland without prescription. On Tuesday, the Polish Government adopted a draft bill seeking to limit access to the morning after pill, which will be sold only on...
by Collectif | 24 Feb, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
The long-awaited report from American Medicine and Science Academies on genome editing was published on Wednesday. Although it calls for a degree of caution in human genome handling, it does not prohibit changes affecting the germ line. It paves the way “for...
by Collectif | 24 Feb, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
Stéphane Viville, “infertility specialist”[1], published an article in Le Monde in which he denounced “certain tests (…) available to and paid for by patients, in a large number of French in-vitro fertilisation centres”, the “real...
by Collectif | 24 Feb, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
A team of scientists in Massachusetts has noted that the anti-mullerian hormone (AMH) could prevent chemotherapy-induced ovarian damage. Pre-clinical trials in mice have highlighted that this hormone stops the egg maturation process in the ovarian follicles[1]. This...