by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 17 Apr, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In Canada, it is illegal to pay a surrogate mother or to purchase human gametes, be it sperm or eggs. This ban is enshrined in the 2004 law on medically assisted procreation. The law stems from a Royal Commission think-tank on new reproduction techniques, which were...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 17 Apr, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
“A deceased person’s body should remain intact” according to “Chinese traditions and culture”. This state of mind makes organ donation virtually impossible in China. For the same reasons, medical students “find it very difficult to...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 17 Apr, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Transhumanism
Treated for specific disorders – serious obsessive compulsive disorder and epilepsy, etc. – patients given deep brain stimulation have noticed changes in how they perceive things. The question of responsibility comes to the fore as neurotechnologies...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 17 Apr, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
The legal debate is underway – are embryos stored in fertility clinics alive and are they classed as persons? Rick et Wendy Penniman lost their frozen embryos following an equipment malfunction at the Cleveland Fertility Clinic[1]. Represented by their lawyer,...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 17 Apr, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
After votes in the House of Representatives and the Senate on 6 and 30 March,[1] Governor of Hawaii David Ige signed a measure into law legalizing assisted suicide. “We know that we have gotten to a point in our community that it does make sense to give the patient a...