by Marie-Anne Chéron | 5 Jan, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has published a report on medically assisted procreation (MAP) in the United Kingdom, in which it welcomes the decrease in the number of multiple pregnancies. This is the first report of its kind in the...
by Marie-Anne Chéron | 27 Oct, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
At the UN, the Human Rights’ Committee “is currently revising the definition of ‘right to life’ in international law”. According to the European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ), using this approach and “with the utmost...
by Marie-Anne Chéron | 30 May, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
In India, a 10 year-old girl over 20′ weeks pregnant following repeated rape is requesting an abortion. The AFP reported that the doctors dealing with this case”decided to perform an abortion” . In India, the law authorises abortion up to 20 weeks....
by Marie-Anne Chéron | 30 May, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
American scientists have announced successful 3D ovarian printing in mice. The aim of their research was to assist patients who had suffered from childhood cancer as the treatments used in these cases affect the menstrual cycle and fertility. Their studies have...
by Marie-Anne Chéron | 30 May, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In a county of Tennessee, a homosexual woman divorced from her partner has been granted the same legal rights as a “husband” over a child conceived by donor insemination. The child was born in January 2015 when the two women were married. Only...