by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 11 Mar, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
The argument put forward to defend the proposal to extend the law on abortion in New York State and to authorize it during the nine months of pregnancy is that abortion is sometimes medically necessary. But OB-GYNs know that there is no situation where abortion is...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 11 Mar, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
In 2018, 2,357 cases of euthanasia were reported in Belgium, representing 2% of annual deaths and an increase of 1.8% compared to 2017. The majority involved patients 60 to 89 years of age, more often women than men, and most took place at home (61.1%). The main...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 11 Mar, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Indian parents have conceived 18 babies by IVF in order to find a compatible donor and treat their first-born with thalassemia. They already had two children, a seven-year-old girl and a five-year-old boy. The boy, who suffers from severe thalassemia, first had to...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 11 Mar, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
“The surrogate declares and guarantees that she has consulted a doctor and is aware of the physical, medical, and injurious risks, including death, that may result from taking medications …, embryo transfers, and the complications related to pregnancy and...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 11 Mar, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Lawmakers in Utah have just passed a law that will ban any foetal abortion in cases where a genetic abnormality such as Down syndrome has been detected. The law still has to be approved by the Governor, Gary Herbert, who “declined to say whether he would sign the...