by Collectif | 11 May, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
56 million abortions are performed throughout the world every year. A study published in the British medical journal, The Lancet, claims that this figure has “decreased perceptibly in developed countries whilst remaining stable in developing countries”. ...
by Collectif | 11 May, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
The EBART European Congress, held in Barcelona at the end of April, highlighted the fact that IVF techniques were mostly “based on supposition” and were “not scientifically proven”. To date, “only 14% of publications advising on medically assisted reproduction...
by Collectif | 11 May, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
According to yesterday’s announcement by an Indian clinic, doctors have spoken out against IVF treatment for a 70 year-old woman. Obstetrician, Sunil Jindal, raised in particular “the question of the future of a child born to elderly parents as well as the...
by Collectif | 10 May, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
In Portugal, whilst the Government is debating on whether or not to legalise euthanasia, the Portuguese Pro-Life Federation is organising its sixth Walk for Life to be held in Lisbon on 14 May. The organisers “hope that the initiative will clearly demonstrate public...
by Collectif | 9 May, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Transhumanism
An American biotechnology company, Bioquark, “has just been granted permission to carry out a clinical trial aimed at documenting the possibility of bringing clinically dead patients back to life”. The study, which was registered in the official American clinical...
by Collectif | 9 May, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
Françoise Baylis, Canadian Chair of Bioethical and Philosophical Research at Dalhousie University is reviewing “the 14-day limit on human embryo research conducted in vitro”. This limit is contested since the recent announcement by an international team who kept human...