by Collectif | 12 Jun, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
A 32 year-old Dutch woman has succeeded in tracing her father via American companies specialising in the storage of DNA data. Using just three samples of saliva, a commercial data base allowed the young woman to trace the sperm donor’s Australian...
by Marie-Anne Chéron | 30 May, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
In India, a 10 year-old girl over 20′ weeks pregnant following repeated rape is requesting an abortion. The AFP reported that the doctors dealing with this case”decided to perform an abortion” . In India, the law authorises abortion up to 20 weeks....
by Marie-Anne Chéron | 30 May, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
American scientists have announced successful 3D ovarian printing in mice. The aim of their research was to assist patients who had suffered from childhood cancer as the treatments used in these cases affect the menstrual cycle and fertility. Their studies have...
by Marie-Anne Chéron | 30 May, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In a county of Tennessee, a homosexual woman divorced from her partner has been granted the same legal rights as a “husband” over a child conceived by donor insemination. The child was born in January 2015 when the two women were married. Only...
by Marie-Anne Chéron | 30 May, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
The use of human embryo stem cells in an attempt to treat age-related macular degeneration: scientists at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem embarked on a clinical trial at the end of 2015 (seeAuthorisation for a new clinical trial based on human embryo stem cells). Since...
by Marie-Anne Chéron | 30 May, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
A new document published by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) is encouraging fertility clinics to prepare themselves for a new wave of “intrafamilial reproductive arrangements”. The authority has noted that increasingly more...