by Collectif | 27 Jun, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
On Monday, 27 June, the American Supreme Court rejected a Texan law restricting abortion. This decision was adopted by a majority decision with five judges in favour and three against. Anthony Kennedy, considered to be a “moderate conservative”, tipped the...
by Collectif | 27 Jun, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
In Canada, law C-14, which came into force on 17 June 2016, (seeMedically assisted dying: Canada – law C-14 came into force on Friday, “Murder legalised in Canada”) “provides the framework for medically assisted dying” for consenting adults “whose death is...
by Collectif | 26 Jun, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
An “unsettling” study “revealed that many genes are still active several days after a person dies”. Led by Peter Noble and Alex Pozhitkov from Washington and Seattle universities, the results of their work are in “pre-publication”, awaiting revision. These...
by Collectif | 23 Jun, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
Members of the British Medical Association (BMA)[1] have clung steadfastly to their refusal to practice assisted suicide. They had to make an announcement on 21 June following a motion suggesting that the BMA “should adopt a neutral position in relation...
by Collectif | 23 Jun, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
The American association, Men Having Babies, is organising a second “commercial fair” at the end of September to promote surrogacy in Brussels. The Internet site has announced that, this year, the event will be bigger and better given the “high demand” witnessed...
by Collectif | 22 Jun, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
After “promising” preclinical tests in animals, Inovio Pharmaceuticals etGeneOne Life Science laboratories are launching a clinical trial in humans “to assess an anti-Zika vaccine”. This preventive vaccine “known a GLS-5700 will be tested on 40 healthy...