by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 24 May, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
In the US state of Iowa, the legislature has just adopted a more restrictive abortion law—the most restrictive in the country. As soon as Governor Kim Reynolds signs the law, abortion in Iowa will be banned “as soon as a foetal heartbeat is detected”, i.e. around the...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 24 May, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
In 2009, a computer algorithm failure occurred in a software programme used to invite British women over 50 to undergo routine breast cancer screening. “Latest estimates I have received from PHE[1] is that as a result of this, between 2009 and the start of...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 24 May, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
A one-year-old born through surrogacy to a couple aged 65 and 63 has just been taken into care by UK Social Services who deem that the couple are “too old to look after the child”. The baby was conceived with the sperm of the 65-year-old man and a donor egg,...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 24 May, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
A German couple who froze embryos to delay having children face legal proceedings. In fact, following their divorce, the woman forged her ex-husband’s signature on several occasions in order to undergo IVF. She gave birth to a baby boy without her...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 14 May, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Transhumanism
Although the States General on Bioethics consultation, which has just drawn to a close, highlighted numerous claims in terms of medically assisted reproduction and euthanasia, issues relating to the introduction of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the medical field...