by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 8 Apr, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
“American taxpayer money will not be used to underwrite abortions”, said Mike Pompeo, US Secretary of State, yesterday at a press conference in Washington. “We’ll continue to refuse to assist foreign NGOs who perform or promote abortions, as well as give financial...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 8 Apr, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
According to a report published by the Portuguese health authorities, the number of abortions performed in the country fell by 25% between 2011 and 2017. Abortion in Portugal was decriminalized in 2007. The number of abortions initially increased every...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 8 Apr, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Resulting from medically assisted reproduction procedures, supernumerary embryos will be destroyed, handed over for research or offered for adoption, depending on the decision made by their biological parents. In Spain, this latter option is offered to heterosexual...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 8 Apr, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Prenatal diagnosis
The situation is “particularly acute for women and girls with Down syndrome [1],” said Archbishop Auza, Apostolic Nuncio and Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations. He was speaking at an event called ‘Social Protections for Women, Girls...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 8 Apr, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
A Chinese study published in the journal Biological Psychiatry links advanced paternal age with the risk of schizophrenia in children. “After taking into account polygenic parental risk scores, each additional decade of fathers’ lives increased the risk of...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 8 Apr, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
Thanks to medical advances, premature newborns are becoming viable earlier and earlier, with “tiny babies surviving at 24, 23 and even 22 weeks”. In the 1980s, it was generally accepted that babies were viable from 28 weeks onwards of a 40-week pregnancy....