by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 7 Jan, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
In Belgium, the House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday 13 December that will allow a foetus to be registered starting at140 days after conception, or 4.5 months. Women who wish to do so in order to facilitate the grieving process and preserve a trace of...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 18 Dec, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
Following the revelation of the birth of two genetically modified babies in China last week, WHO announced the establishment of a “panel to study gene editing”. WHO “brings together experts and we work with Member States (…) to discuss criteria and guidelines that can...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 18 Dec, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In the United States, in the state of Indiana, a proposed bill aims to make it a criminal offence for a doctor, in the context of infertility treatment, to use either his own sperm without the consent of his patient or to use the sperm of a donor without his consent....
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 18 Dec, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Prenatal diagnosis
In Iran, the birth of babies diagnosed with Down’s syndrome has almost stopped. According to Mahmoud Tavallaei, director of the Iranian Genetics Society of Iran, “Over the past few years, only one baby has been born with Down syndrome in 700 to 1,000 births in Iran”....
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 18 Dec, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Conscientious objection
Irish general practitioners will have the right not to perform abortions if they do not wish to, but they will be required to provide all the information patients need to access abortion elsewhere, said Harris Simon, Irish Minister of Health. “No doctor, no nurse, no...