by Collectif | 23 Jan, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Much to the regret of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in Armenia, “the number of couples preferring to have a son” and “a smaller family” is very high. Hence, “gender-related selective abortions are particularly common from...
by Collectif | 13 Jan, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
A United States judge has temporarily suspended (up to 6 January) the draft law stipulating that women who have an abortion or miscarriage in hospital are obliged to organised the burial of the foetus, regardless of the stage of pregnancy. The measure would have...
by Collectif | 13 Jan, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | GMO
According to the French National Institute for Agronomic Research (INRA), 40% of scientific articles on genetically modified organisms (GMO) tend to be influenced by the biotechnology industries. Consequently, “49% of the conclusions are likely to be in favour...
by Collectif | 13 Jan, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Au Portland Hospital de Londres, au Royaume-Uni, une femme de 24 ans a donné naissance à son premier enfant grâce à l’un de ses ovaires, congelé lorsqu’elle avait neuf ans. Une première, selon l’université de Leeds. Depuis sa naissance, la jeune femme souffre...
by Collectif | 13 Jan, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
The American Association of Psychiatry (AAP) wants to take action against euthanasia laws in Belgium, the Netherlands and “anywhere else where psychiatric patients who are not terminally ill are helped to commit suicide or who are, quite literally, killed by...