by Collectif | 3 Feb, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
The Commission for the Control and Evaluation of Euthanasia in Belgium has published the number of cases of euthanasia reported in 2016: 2024 persons underwent euthanasia in Belgium last year, i.e. an increase of +0.15% compared to 2015. According to the Commission,...
by Collectif | 3 Feb, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
The day after the 44th anniversary of the Roe versus Wade case that legalised abortion in the United States, President Donald Trump signed a decree prohibiting the financing of international NGOs supporting abortion. It applies to the International Family Planning...
by Collectif | 3 Feb, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Presented as a way in which women can preserve their fertility to give them more time to have a professional career or to find the “right partner”, the freezing of eggs is hardly effective in the long run. A study carried out by a fertility clinic in...
by Collectif | 3 Feb, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
On 17 January, MPs appointed Euro MP, Antonio Tajani,”as President of the Strasbourg Parliament”. A centre-right candidate and member of the European Popular Party (EPP), he is also close to Silvio Berlusconi and “an experienced European...
by Collectif | 3 Feb, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
Japanese, American and British scientists have carried out a feasibility study on growing transplant organs in a host animal with a view to interspecies grafts (xenografts) between rats and mice. This approach is “far from being at the experimental stage in...