by Collectif | 29 Feb, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
The international baby trade is in the throes of slowing down because countries that have promoted this practice to date are now restricting access to this service or banning it altogether. This is due to ethical considerations which oblige the countries concerned to...
by Collectif | 29 Feb, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
An English woman, currently aged 60, wishes to obtain the frozen eggs of her deceased daughter, have them fertilised by donor sperm and then to carry “her daughter’s children”. Since no English clinic has agreed to the operation, she is considering “exporting...
by Collectif | 29 Feb, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In the United Kingdom, the Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group announced a change in its policy regarding MAP. Only one course of IVF therapy will be refunded by the NHS and cases in which one of the partners has a child from a previous or current relationship...
by Collectif | 28 Feb, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
In Belgium, problems surrounding the control of palliative care medicines “are coming to the fore once again” through a proposal regarding legal issues surrounding the storage and transportation of medicinal products used in palliative care. This proposal is led by...
by Collectif | 28 Feb, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
Recently, in the Netherlands, a man who underwent euthanasia donated his organs and “savedfive lives”. The procedure was carried out at the Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam. The man “was suffering from the consequences of a stroke and therefore stated that he...
by Collectif | 28 Feb, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
The Italian Council of Ministers “has approved a legislative decree decriminalising clandestine abortion”. However, the decree suggests increasing the fine. Previously, this was set at €50, but could be increased to €5 to 10 000. The decree “should be introduced...