by Collectif | 3 Apr, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Prenatal diagnosis
The Jérôme Lejeune Foundation released the ” Not special needs, just human needs” (Pas de besoins spéciaux, juste des besoins humains) video in France to coincide with World Down Syndrome Day, an initiative officially recognised by the UN. The fruit...
by Collectif | 3 Apr, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
” What do you do after collapsing on the bathroom floor in tears? (…) You throw yourself into another project. Life takes on a new direction and you surprisingly find it wonderful all the same! ”explained Charlotte who has tried for years to become a...
by Collectif | 3 Apr, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Northern Australia has reformed its law on abortion in order to “harmonise it with the rest of Australia”. This “far-reaching” reform decriminalises abortion and involves a certain number of measures: It authorises the use of RU486...
by Collectif | 31 Mar, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
The “Les Echos” newspaper conducted a survey on the US surrogacy business. This market was created about thirty years ago and now boasts an annual turnover of approximately “$4 billion” according to the Harris Williams&Co practice. Tens of agencies...
by Collectif | 31 Mar, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Professor of Obstetrics, Wendy Savage, has declared that women should be informed of the sex of the foetus when they have an ultrasound scan. She believes that retaining information “for fear of gender-selection abortions” is “scandalous”. 81...
by Collectif | 31 Mar, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
Two scientists from Quebec, Marie-Josée Hébert and Mélanie Dieudé, “have just discovered why the human body sometimes rejects transplanted organs”. After a long period of research dating back to the 1990s, they have proven that “signals sent by the...