by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 16 Oct, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
On 4 September, Lord James Mackay introduced an amendment based on a proposal drafted in the aftermath of the Charlie Gard case. The purpose of this proposal is to spare parents from clashes between families and doctors. The amendment proposed by Lord Mackay,...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 16 Oct, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
According to the HFEA[1], since 2010, there has been a 460% increase in the number of women wishing to freeze their eggs. The HFEA even advises women to do this before the age of 35. In 2016, 19% of these procedures were financed by the NHS on medical grounds...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 16 Oct, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
After Bailleul de la Flèche (see Sarthe – hospital centre no longer performs abortions), at Fougères Hospital, access to abortion has been limited since the retirement of a gynaecologist. Four to five surgical abortions were performed every month on average...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 16 Oct, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
On Tuesday evening, the President of Ireland enacted the constitutional law legalising abortion in Ireland. He signed “the thirty-sixth amendment of the constitutional bill which consequently became law”, thereby repealing the 8th Amendment which has...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 16 Oct, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
In Egypt, nine people were sentenced on Tuesday by the Cairo Criminal Court with prison sentences of up to 10 years “for their involvement in human organ trafficking”. They were charged with organised crime and the illegal trafficking and transplantation...