by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 5 Oct, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
173 Irish and British MPs have jointly signed a letter calling for the decriminalisation of abortion in Northern Ireland. The letter was addressed to British Prime Minister Theresa May, and Leo Varadkar, her Irish counterpart. It calls for an “explicit...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 5 Oct, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
The pharmaceutical group, Bayer, has announced the withdrawal of its contraceptive implants, Essure, from the market amidst accusations of significant side effects. These small permanent sterilisation implants in the form of coils were considered an alternative to...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 5 Oct, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In the United Kingdom, Judge Gwynneth Knowles has authorised a woman to arrange the extraction of her dying husband’s sperm to allow her to try to conceive after his death. Following her husband’s sudden and ultimately fatal head injury, the young...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 5 Oct, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
Contrary to popular belief, only 9% of national health expenditure is spent on end-of-life care in the USA. Although 5% of Medicare patients die every year, the final treatments are definitely expensive but they are not administered long-term – hence low costs...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 5 Oct, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
In the Netherlands, the Dutch medical complaints board has formally reprimanded a doctor who performed euthanasia on a patient with severe dementia. Diagnosed five years earlier, the 74-year-old woman had issued advance directives explaining that she did not want to...