by Collectif | 29 Nov, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
In the Netherlands, delayed abortion, i.e. beyond 24 weeks and in the case of foetal anomalies as well as the euthanasia of disabled newborn babies, have been decriminalised by the “Directive for the non-prosecution of euthanasia cases without a request and late...
by Collectif | 29 Nov, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis
A 14 year-old English girl who wanted her body to be “preserved” in case she could be cured in the future, won “a historical legal battle” just a short time before her death. The project devised by this young girl in the terminal stage of a...
by Collectif | 29 Nov, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
In Australia, the draft bill on active euthanasia with “guarantees” was rejected for the fifteenth time by the Southern Australian Parliament (see Australie : Le Parlement examine pour la quatorzième fois un projet de loi sur l’euthanasie...
by Collectif | 29 Nov, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Zurich Company, Ava[1], has developed a “fertility bracelet” to “enable women who wish to become pregnant to monitor their menstrual cycles and fertility”. This bracelet is connected to an app which collects “millions of data during...
by Collectif | 29 Nov, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
A Chinese team led by oncologist Lu You at the University of Sichuan, injected a lung cancer patient with genetically modified cells using the CRISPR-Cas9 technique for the first time at the end of October. This clinical trial was approved by an Ethics...