by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 21 Jan, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis
A study published in the journal Nature on 31 December presents a new neurostimulator developed by engineers at the University of California at Berkeley. It can both listen to and stimulate the electrical current in the brain, thus providing state-of-the-art...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 21 Jan, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Psychoanalyst Jean-Pierre Winter, author of the book L’avenir des pères[1], provides an objective explanation as to why he fears parenting without the father. “Primarily as a paediatric clinician, I have been confronted for almost forty years with...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 21 Jan, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
When she was younger, Jessica Share lived in the American Midwest. Married to a woman for a few years, they purchased sperm from an anonymous donor chosen for his personal characteristics and tastes. Both women each carried a daughter, born through the artificial...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 21 Jan, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
In the United States, in recent decades, more and more women have used a long-term method of birth control, such as intrauterine devices or implants (Sterilisation, the first contraceptive in the United States?). However, this method of contraception has also...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 21 Jan, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
In Germany, on 13 December 2018, the Bundestag (national parliament) adopted a bill paving the way to recognise the existence of a third gender. This category will be added to the current “male” and “female”categories on administrative...