by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 11 Jun, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
With 100,000 fewer births than in 2016, the US birth rate continued to fall in 2017. Today the US government published the 2017 demographic data: The fertility rate has dropped to 1.76 children per woman (versus 1.82 in 2016). There were only 3.8 million births in...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 11 Jun, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
Since 2014, France has authorised the harvesting of organs from donors who die from circulatory arrest following a decision to reduce or stop treatment in an intensive care unit. More and more organs are being harvested as part of the “Maastricht III...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 11 Jun, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Transhumanism
At Hangzhou Number High School in eastern China, artificial intelligence monitors the attention span of pupils and provides feedback to the teacher. In fact, the school management has had three cameras installed at the front of the class and these “mystery...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 11 Jun, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
This law dates back to former President Ronald Reagan, but has never been applied (see United States: strengthening the Mexico policy). Today, the US Secretary of Health unveils the new policy banning family planning clinics from carrying out or even encouraging...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 30 May, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
Trenton McKinley, a 13-year-old American boy from Mobile, Alabama, was involved in a horrifying accident two months ago. The small trailer in which he was playing with his friends, pulled by a dune buggy, overturned after the brakes were applied too harshly. “I...