by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 15 Jun, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
Several draft bills have been put forward in favour of euthanasia in Portugal. The Portuguese Parliament must debate and vote on these bills on 29 May. In the lead-up to these debates, the Portuguese Marketing Research Institute (MRI) called for a survey on...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 15 Jun, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
Several doctors have been given prison sentences for harvesting kidneys from donors brought to Kosovo, and then selling the kidneys to patients treated at a clinic involved in illegal organ transplantation. The organ trafficking is believed to have international...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 15 Jun, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
After three days of debate, the Guernsey Parliament refused to legalize assisted suicide. Members of the Parliament voted against the bill proposed by Prime Minister Gavin St Pier, with 24 votes against and 14 in favour (cf. Guernsey: Towards the authorisation...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 15 Jun, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
For Jacques Testart, from surrogacy to transhumanism it just takes a few steps. When Amandine, the first French test-tube baby whom the biologist contributed to was born, he became aware that “What fascinated society was not so much to have allowed a sterile couple to...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 11 Jun, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis
Yesterday, the French National Assembly adopted the draft bill to protect personal data on the Internet, a bill which is based on European legislation, namely “General Data Protection Regulation” (GDPR), which takes effect on 25 May. At the last...