by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 14 May, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Prenatal diagnosis
Health Secretary, Vaughan Gething, wants Wales “to show the way” by making NIPT [1] available to pregnant women from next Monday. This new test is used to accurately diagnose genetic diseases by testing the mother’s blood. It replaces amniocentesis...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 14 May, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
Quebec organ donor statistics have been published during awareness week: Approximately 3 million inhabitants of Quebec have chosen to donate their organs and have signed up to the Quebec Organ Donor Registry. 1.6 million people have given their consent by signing the...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 14 May, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
In proceedings instigated by Vincent Lambert’s parents’ lawyers, the administrative court of Châlons-en-Champagne “considered it necessary, in order to rule on the merits of their application, to have recourse to expert opinion, which should...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 14 May, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
Last night, doctors at the Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool turned off life support for [1] Alfie [2] Evans, a two-year old boy who was in a semi-vegetative condition. The decision was taken late in the evening, even though the Italian Prime Minister had...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 9 May, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
In Pennsylvania last Monday, the House of Representatives passed a bill to prohibit abortions when the only reason is that the foetus may be or is a carrier of trisomy 21, by a comfortable majority, 139 votes in favour and 56 against. The bill, which seeks to protect...