by Marie-Anne Chéron | 22 Mar, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Premeditated murder? In July 2017, Sofiane Ghazi plunged a knife several times into the abdomen of his partner who was 8 months pregnant. The mother survived her wounds but the baby died. Sofiane Ghazi is therefore accused of the first degree murder of his...
by Marie-Anne Chéron | 22 Mar, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
A report initially published in Medlink Neurology in 2003 has been updated to highlight the links between hormonal contraception and strokes. A distinction is made between the different types of stroke: haemorrhagic strokes, the frequency of which does not appear to...
by Marie-Anne Chéron | 22 Mar, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
According to a WHO report [1], at least 10% of organ transplants performed worldwide are allegedly the result of some form of trading including transplant tourism. In countries such as Egypt (see Egypt unveils a new network specialising in organ trafficking,...
by Marie-Anne Chéron | 22 Mar, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
In the United States, the State of Mississippi has just approved a reduction in the legal abortion limit from 20 weeks (22nd week of pregnancy) to 15 weeks (17th week of pregnancy). Once passed, Mississippi will have the most restrictive abortion legislation in the...
by Marie-Anne Chéron | 19 Mar, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
This American woman was born with the Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome (MRKH), i.e. without a uterus. She lived “convinced she would never be able to get pregnant or have a baby”. However, she has just given birth to a baby girl at Baylor University Medical...
by Marie-Anne Chéron | 19 Mar, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In India, a woman recently used semen from her son who died of cancer to have grandchildren. The mother used an egg donation and called on a surrogate mother to have the twins. In this case, her son – the donor – had frozen his sperm before the treatment and gave his...