by Collectif | 18 Dec, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
On Saturday, 2 December, the United States Senate adopted a tax reform bill which “gives rights to ‘children in utero’ “, “by 51 votes to 49”. Section 1202 of the tax reform refers to “529 Plans”, a programme devised in...
by Collectif | 18 Dec, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
Further to medically assisted dying legislation in Canada[1], some “baffled” doctors wonder about treating patients who have attempted suicide. And, according to the National Post, several patients who poisoned themselves did not receive the antidote...
by Collectif | 18 Dec, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
On 1 December, managers at a Dallas hospital in Texas announced that a woman had given birth to a baby following a uterus transplant – a first for the United States. The spokesperson did not give many details but a press conference was scheduled for 4...
by Collectif | 18 Dec, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
During its General Assembly in Chicago, in October 2017, the World Medical Association (WMA) adopted an amended version of the Hippocratic Oath. Initially enacted in 1948 following the involvement of eminent German doctors in experiments performed on...
by Collectif | 11 Dec, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
38 year-old Canadian, Alicia Chonn, is suing the Olive Fertility Center, which she claims used her eggs without her consent to inseminate the friend whose first child she carried as the surrogate mother. In fact, eight months after the birth of the baby...
by Collectif | 11 Dec, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Transhumanism
In an interview with Le Figaro, Jean-Marie le Méné[1], President of the Fondation Lejeune, and Laurent Alexandre[2], surgeon and neurobiologist, compare their vision for the future of mankind. Whereas Laurent Alexandre believes that robots will replace humans,...