by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 25 Mar, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Peter Zhu, a 21-year-old cadet of Chinese origin, was declared brain-dead after a skiing accident at the prestigious West Point Military Academy in northern New York State, USA. His parents immediately asked permission to have his sperm extracted to ensure male...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 25 Mar, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
A 4-year-old boy in India was found by the police and taken to his biological father’s family, where he met his twin brother. Both brothers were born in 2015, to a surrogate mother who was also their biological mother. When they were born, the mother said one of...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 25 Mar, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Should a sperm donor be considered as the legal parent of a child conceived with his sperm? In an ongoing case, the Australian High Court is being called on to answer this question. The case involves a sperm donor, Robert Masson, who enabled Susan Parsons to conceive...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 25 Mar, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
The trial relating to a complaint filed against the fertility clinic in Bregenz, Austria by a 44-year-old Swiss woman began on Monday. She has accused the clinic of implanting her with embryos “that were not hers”. The woman began her course of ART...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 25 Mar, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Conscientious objection
At their annual general meeting in Maynooth, the Irish Catholic Bishops reacted to last month’s announcement made by the National Maternity Hospital. The hospital said it will only accept doctors willing to perform abortions as it seeks to recruit an anaesthetist...