by Collectif | 22 Mar, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Conscientious objection
On Wednesday, American Supreme Court judges “heard, for an hour and a half, the arguments put forward by seven religious, non-profit-making associations, including the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington and the Little Sisters of the Poor Charity Organisation”, who...
by Collectif | 21 Mar, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
The number of abortions in Germany has fallen below 100,000 since 2014 and this pattern continued throughout2015. The decrease started in 2001, falling from 135,000 to 99,237. In France, which has a population of 66 million compared to Germany’s 80 million...
by Collectif | 21 Mar, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In Italy, the Minors’ Court of Rome “has upheld the adoption of a child by the biological father’s partner”. The child in question is 6 years old and “was born in Canada to a surrogate mother”. This decision is final “in the absence of any appeal within the legal...
by Collectif | 21 Mar, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
On Thursday, Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna were awarded the 2016 Oréal-Unesco Award “For Women and Science” for their work on CRISPR-Cas9. In 2012, the two scientists published a description of this technique “which has since been unleashed on biology...
by Collectif | 20 Mar, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Conscientious objection, Prenatal diagnosis
On 11 March, a Spanish doctor submitted “a request for recognition of the violation of his freedom of conscience” to the European Court of Human Rights. The latter must now pass judgment for the first time on “conscientious objection to prenatal diagnosis for eugenic...
by Collectif | 20 Mar, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
A team of scientists at Cambridge University has updated studies published by Cochrane in 2010 focusing on the interest of genetic tests in reducing risk-related behaviour. Over the last few years, genetic tests available over-the-counter in some countries...