by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 17 Apr, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
This is an extraordinary medical case according to Professor Xavier Capdevila, Head of the Anaesthesia-Intensive Care Unit at Montpellier University Hospital (CHU). A 53 year-old man was resuscitated eighteen hours after his heart had stopped beating. On 12...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 17 Apr, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Following a DNA test carried out in conjunction with Ancestry.com, a young woman, Kelli Rowlette, not only found out that she was born through artificial insemination, which her parents had always kept from her, but that her biological father was none other than the...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 17 Apr, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
In Japan, a pregnant employee was reprimanded for getting pregnant outside the company’s “pregnancy schedule”. The company introduced a rotation system for employees wanting to get married or have a child, etc. This type of planning is not uncommon...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 17 Apr, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Since 2011, American sperm imports to Brazil have increased by approximately 3000%. Over 50% of the Brazilian population is black or mixed-race, yet most applicants choose donors with light-coloured skin and blue eyes. In this country, 80% of wealthy Brazilians are...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 17 Apr, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
Belgian Health Minister, Maggie de Block, wants to authorise the sale of human tissues by amending the 1986 law governing the harvesting and transplanting of organs. Currently, human tissues (bones, cornea, blood vessels, etc.) harvested from donors before or after...