by Marie-Anne Chéron | 22 Jan, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In a study to be published in the New England Journal of Medicine, scientists [1] show that in-vitro fertilisation procedures using frozen embryos generate the same number of births as fresh embryo techniques. This study was carried out in the light of preference...
by Marie-Anne Chéron | 22 Jan, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
The 2017 US organ donor list, drawn up by the United Network for Organ Sharing[1], is both “optimistic and disconcerting “. In 2017, organs were harvested from 10,281 deceased donors, i.e. “an increase of 27% over the last...
by Collectif | 15 Jan, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
On Friday 22 December, Ohio Governor, John Kasich, signed the bill adopted by the Senate last November (see Ban on abortions based on antenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome in Ohio: draft bill adopted by the Lower House and Ohio: Down Syndrome no longer...
by Collectif | 15 Jan, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In Switzerland, infertile couples can be reimbursed by basic health insurance to cover one year of ovarian stimulation and three inseminations (per pregnancy). This general rule is, however, left to the discretion of the health insurance fund, which “may...
by Collectif | 15 Jan, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In Germany, a man froze his sperm before undergoing a sex change in 2012. Three years later, his partner gave birth to a child by medically assisted procreation (MAP) using this sperm. The transsexual individual wanted to be recognised as the child’s mother but...
by Collectif | 15 Jan, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
The British Fertility Society is issuing new guidelines recommending that the NHS covers the self-preservation of eggs of transgender individuals prior to transition[1], “so that they can be parents”. Wales and Scotland are already implementing...