by Collectif | 30 Jan, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
Nowadays, neonatal screening for a certain number of diseases using a blood sample taken from a newborn baby, is routinely performed at birth. Most of the time, the parents are not concerned and no disease is detected. However, using this same blood sample, it...
by Collectif | 30 Jan, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
The plaintiffs, Karine et Fabrice Laborie, had recourse to a surrogate mother in Ukraine. Two children were born in November 2010 – Mateo and Manon. Their Ukraine birth certificates name the Laborie couple as the parents. In February 2012, a request for French...
by Collectif | 30 Jan, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
Swiss bishops have created a specialist palliative care service in Fribourg. They believe that “palliative care is witnessing strong growth in Switzerland and from now onwards will be an integral part of the health system”. They have therefore decided to...
by Collectif | 30 Jan, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
In the State of Iowa, legislators have proposed a draft bill which would allow a woman who has undergone an abortion to sue the doctor who carried out the procedure if she subsequently experiences emotional stress at any time in her life. If approved, this would be...
by Collectif | 30 Jan, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
A child was born on 5 January 2017 in Ukraine following three-parent IVF. This is the second birth involving genetic handling procedures following the birth of a little boy in Mexico in April 2016. The Nadiya Clinic in Kiev, which practised IVF, used the...
by Collectif | 30 Jan, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
The Guttmacher Institute has published its latest report on the number of abortions in the United States. This fell to its lowest level in 2014. The authors explained that, “For the first time since 1975, the number of abortions in the United States has fallen...