by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 29 Apr, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
In Chile, the Chamber of Deputies’ healthcare committee has just adopted two important articles on the reasons authorizing euthanasia requests. These articles are central to a bill currently being debated on “dignified death” and palliative care. The two...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 15 Apr, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
New Zealand now recommends pre-conception testing for all couples. Until now, these expensive genetic tests were only offered to so-called “high-risk” women, i.e. those with a family history of serious or fatal genetic disease. But as Martin Delatycki,...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 15 Apr, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
Researchers in South Korea are expected to transplant pig corneas into humans “within a year”. Several teams in the United States are also preparing to launch clinical trials of xenotransplantation: pig skin transplants on six major burn victims in Boston,...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 15 Apr, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
On 30 March, Georgia lawmakers voted to ban abortion “as soon as a heartbeat is detected in the embryo “, as early as the sixth week of pregnancy. The measure allows exceptions in the event of medical complications, or if the mother’s life or health is in...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 15 Apr, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
“The doctor asked me if this baby was planned and said: ‘You’re young, so why would you want to keep this baby when your chances of having another baby with Down syndrome are really low? You could try again, to have a normal one’”. Lucas and Emily...