by Collectif | 2 Mar, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
When Noah Wall was born, doctors thought that he would probably not survive and even if he did, he would have a serious physical disability. The child had developed a rare spina bifida complication in the womb. His head became filled with fluid that crushed the base...
by Collectif | 24 Feb, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Transhumanism
Yesterday, the European Parliament adopted the Delvaux report by 313 votes in favour, 285 against and 20 abstentions. Assembly Members therefore voted “for the creation of a ‘legal identity’ for robots and human augmentation or enhancement”....
by Collectif | 24 Feb, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Although the purchase of abortion pills without a prescription is illegal in Great Britain, on-line sales of these pills are soaring. According to Government statistics, 375 pills sent to addresses in England, Wales and Scotland were seized in 2016 during annual...
by Collectif | 24 Feb, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Since 2015, in accordance with European legislation, the morning after pill has been available in Poland without prescription. On Tuesday, the Polish Government adopted a draft bill seeking to limit access to the morning after pill, which will be sold only on...
by Collectif | 24 Feb, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
The long-awaited report from American Medicine and Science Academies on genome editing was published on Wednesday. Although it calls for a degree of caution in human genome handling, it does not prohibit changes affecting the germ line. It paves the way “for...
by Collectif | 24 Feb, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
Stéphane Viville, “infertility specialist”[1], published an article in Le Monde in which he denounced “certain tests (…) available to and paid for by patients, in a large number of French in-vitro fertilisation centres”, the “real...