by Collectif | 17 Mar, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
The Superior Court of Ontario authorised medically assisted dying for a man in his eighties. The man, who was diagnosed with lymphoma in 2012, was said to be suffering “from intolerable pain and distress which could not be eradicated”, and wanted to die this...
by Collectif | 17 Mar, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
In Chile, the draft law authorising “therapeutic” abortion, approved by Congress on 4 August 2015, was voted on by the Chamber of Deputies on Thursday. It decriminalises abortion in the event of rape, foetal deformity and in cases where the mother’s health is at risk....
by Collectif | 16 Mar, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Yesterday the Pasteur Institute published an initial study focusing on the risk to pregnant women infected with the Zika virus of giving birth to a child with microcephaly. This risk is believed to be of the order of 1%, “i.e. 50 times greater than normal”. The risk...
by Collectif | 16 Mar, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
A team of scientists led by Dieter Egli from the University of Columbia Medical Centre (New York) and Nissim Benvenisty from Jerusalem University, has focused on the development of human parthenogenetic cells. According to their study, published in the Nature...
by Collectif | 16 Mar, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
Saskatchewan Senator (Canada), Denise Batters, has held a forum in which she denounced the recent mixed report by the Parliamentary Commission on medically assisted dying and claims that the mentally ill should be helped rather than killed. Her husband, MP Dave...
by Collectif | 15 Mar, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
The controversial draft report on “human rights and ethical questions relating to surrogacy” discussed yesterday behind closed doors by the Assembly of the Council of Europe Commission for Social Affairs and Health, was finally rejected by 16 votes to 15. This Council...