by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 8 Feb, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
This could prevent medically assisted pregnancy (MAP) for thousands of women with cancer, who are at risk of becoming infertile during treatment. Instead of freezing their eggs for in-vitro fertilisation, it is possible to surgically remove an ovary from the patient...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 8 Feb, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
In the Netherlands, fifteen years after the decriminalisation of euthanasia and assisted suicide, “more than 25% of deaths in the country are induced”. This is the figure highlighted in the 2017 statistics. More than 6,500 cases of euthanasia have been...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 8 Feb, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
In the US state of New York, pro-abortionists are increasingly afraid of a Supreme Court reversal on the hot topic of abortion[1], a reversal by the Supreme Court of the landmark decision Roe v. Wade[2]. A law has also just been passed to “secure” access...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 8 Feb, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
” Palliative care is a human right,” said Bishop Paglia, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, at a conference entitled ” Muslim and Christian Perspectives on Palliative Care and the End of Life “[1]in Doha, Qatar, on 22...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 8 Feb, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Cloning
Five cloned monkeys have been born at the Institute of Neurosciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai over the last six months. They were produced from the fibroblasts of a genetically modified adult Macaque monkey. Its BMAL1 gene, which helps regulate...