by Collectif | 4 Jul, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
To increase in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) success rates and even “exceed that observed during natural fertilisation”, British scientists have put pressure on the HFEA[1] to authorise a test “to evaluate the ‘energy quality’ of embryos conceived by IVF”[2], which...
by Collectif | 3 Jul, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
In Florida, several measures aimed at significantly reducing the public funding of abortion clinics and especially Family Planning Clinics, came into effect on 1 July 2016. The law regulating these measures was approved by the Governor in March (see Florida cuts...
by Collectif | 3 Jul, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Prenatal diagnosis
The American Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeal case versus Sequenom and Ariosa, two companies marketing the non-invasive screening test for Down Syndrome (see United States: Sequenom asks Supreme Court to rule on the patentability of NIPS). ...
by Collectif | 3 Jul, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Cloning
According to experts, ever since the cloning of the ewe, Dolly, the question surrounding human cloning has become “complicated, risky and ethically questionable to the extent that other methods have taken precedence”. Dolly was the first mammal to be cloned....
by Collectif | 30 Jun, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
After North Dakota, Indiana banned abortion because of a genetic deformity such as Down syndrome in March (see Indiana is the second US state to ban abortion in relation to Down syndrome). A few days later, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the...
by Collectif | 30 Jun, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
Questioned about her condemnation of a Belgian residential home for “refusing euthanasia” (see Euthanasia imposed on health centres in Belgium and Canada), Carine Brochier from the European Institute of Bioethics had this to say, “the legal conditions were not met” in...