by Collectif | 7 Jul, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
This week, the California Public Health Department published its annual end-of-life report. “Assisted suicide” for terminally ill adults has been legally authorised since 9 June 2016 but the department must provide an annual report on the number of...
by Collectif | 7 Jul, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
On Thursday, 29 June, the British Government announced that, from now on, it was going to “finance abortions in England for women from Northern Ireland”. As legislation in Northern Ireland authorises abortion only in cases where the...
by Collectif | 7 Jul, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
They should be “right at the heart of discussions”, but they were not heard by the Comité Consultatif National d’éthique (CCNE) (French National Consultative Ethics Committee): the first generation of children conceived through anonymous gamete...
by Collectif | 3 Jul, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
On Thursday, 22 June, the UN Council for Human Rights adopted “a resolution condemning abuse and discrimination against women”. Whilst supporting “the spirit” of the resolution, the United States refused to associate itself with the universal...
by Collectif | 3 Jul, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
On 8 June 2017 in Canada, the Oregon Senate voted on Bill 494 and anticipated directives that indirectly authorise standard cessation of nutrition and hydration in sick patients and those suffering from dementia or psychological disorders. It has yet to be approved by...
by Collectif | 3 Jul, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Four women have given birth to five children, including two sets of twins, following a controversial IVF (in-vitro) fertilisation procedure in a fertility clinic in Osaka. The information was publicised on 21 June. In this case, the experimental IVF procedure involved...