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 Collectif | 23 Oct, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
In the Belgian city of Liège, a 73 year-old man is facing criminal proceedings “having fatally poisoned his wife”. According to him, “he was only following his wife’s wishes to undergo euthanasia as she was suffering from diffuse generalised...
by Collectif | 23 Oct, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In the United Kingdom, a couple divorced in 2010 following the birth of their first child by IVF in 2008. A few months later, the woman asked the clinic to implant one of the embryos frozen before the separation [1]. A second child has since been born through this IVF...
by Collectif | 23 Oct, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
On Friday, President Trump’s administration overturned in the name of “religious and moral beliefs”, “a provision of the ‘Obamacare’ law which obliged employers to include contraception in health insurance cover for their employees”....
by Collectif | 23 Oct, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
On 6 October 2017, a “second interim report on medically assisted dying” was published by the Canadian Health Minister. Between June 2016, the date on which medically assisted dying was authorised, and 30 June 2017, “1,982 individuals have had access...
by Collectif | 23 Oct, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
In Australia, the state of Victoria has authorised children “of any age” to write advance care directives. Until now, regardless of country, the law “gives the last word to parents” regarding medical decisions concerning their children. ...