by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 20 May, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
A new American state has adopted the Heartbeat bill, a law that prohibits abortion once a foetal heartbeat can be detected, usually around six weeks of pregnancy. The law will come into effect January 2020 (see Abortion: the “heartbeat bill” passed in...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 20 May, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
On 4 May 2019, the UN International Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) – to which the matter was referred by Vincent Lambert’s parents – asked France to suspend, “as a precautionary measure,” the decision to stop Vincent...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 20 May, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Since abortion was decriminalized in Ireland on 2 January 2019, the Health Service Executive’s (HSE) My Options helpline has received 6,000 calls. Of the 317 Irish general practitioners willing to perform abortions, 169 agreed to have their contact details shared on...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 20 May, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has released its latest data on medically assisted reproduction in the United Kingdom. More than 54,000 patients underwent 75,000 fertility treatments in 2017, with the number of IVF cycles increasing by...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 20 May, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Following a petition signed by 82,000 Dutch people, a law now allows parents who so wish to do so to apply for their stillborn child to be registered as a legal person in the government’s official databases. A woman asked for Yara, the child she had carried for...