by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 13 May, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
“Faced with these undeniable advances in managing infertility, potential problems have arisen from their use”. During a debate organised by the European Lawyers’ Union (UAE) in Marseille, Gérard Abitbol – the UAE’s dean of honorary presidents –...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 13 May, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
The 2018 official euthanasia figures in the Netherlands are down by 7% for the first time since 2003. Given the size of the elderly population, this is an astonishing trend. Until the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport publishes its report, several...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 6 May, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
Under the new law passed today, the thousands of surviving victims of Japan’s forced sterilization program from 1948 to 1996 will each receive 3.2 million yen ($28,700). About twenty victims have challenged this amount in court, considering it to be...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 6 May, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
“ The reason I shared her story is to tell people not to lose hope on their loved ones. Do not consider them dead when they are in such a state”. Munira Abdulla, a woman from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), miraculously recovered from the coma she had been in for...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 6 May, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
Quadriplegic since the age of 17, a young woman explains: “for most of my life, I have been for assisted suicide.” But during the debates on a bill to legalize this practice in New Zealand, she denounces a society that offers no other choices to the...