by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 14 May, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In Italy, a lesbian couple has been unable to register the birth of their baby at the public records office. Chiara Foglietta, a municipal councillor for the city of Turin, gave birth to Niccolo Pietro on 13 April 2018 following artificial insemination in a Danish...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 14 May, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Prenatal diagnosis
A Brazilian team at the Sabin Laboratory in Brasilia, keen to extend the use of NIPT (non-invasive prenatal testing) which already covers Down syndrome and two other genetic diseases, has devised a test that can reveal baby’s gender simply by taking a blood...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 14 May, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
According to SART data[1], 71,296 babies were born following IVF treatment in 377 US clinics in 2016. At least 242,618 IVF cycles would have been required to generate this number of births. Each cycle comprises several weeks of hormone therapy to stimulate the...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 14 May, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
On Wednesday evening, Judge Hayden once again rejected the parents’ appeal and turned down the offer from the hospital in Rome to treat the sick toddler. “Alfie is dying”, he said, confidently. However, Alfie has been breathing independently since...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 14 May, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Following in the footsteps of the Tennessee State House, the Senate has approved the erection of a monument “in memory of abortion victims” by twenty-three votes to three. Although the governor approves the legislation, the size of the monument has...