by Collectif | 4 Feb, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
The American National Academy of Sciences has submitted its final report on “Three-Parent IVF” to the FDA[1]. These recommendations could become official US policy, depending on the next decision taken by the FDA. The expert Committee put together to write this report...
by Collectif | 3 Feb, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Currently, the link between Zika and brain damage has not been scientifically proven. However, the increase in the number of cases of microcephaly in certain regions of Brazil affected by the Zika epidemic has raised sufficient concern culminating in the WHO’s...
by Collectif | 2 Feb, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
The Canadian Episcopal Conference “has asked to be heard by a special Committee on medically assisted suicide set up by the Government to be reviewed in one year’s time and established by the Supreme Court of Canada to modify current standards”. Monsignor...
by Collectif | 2 Feb, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
On 22 January, the American “March for life” on the subject of “prolife feminism” was held in Washington to protect “mother and child linked to the same pregnancy reality and the challenge for life”. Every year, since the United States Supreme Court Case of Roe v Wade...
by Collectif | 2 Feb, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
“To avoid any attempt at risky methods of abortion”, the “Women on Web” NGO “has announced that it will offer abortion pills to pregnant women” affected by the Zika[1] virus around the globe. This NGO, created in 2005, is fighting for access to abortion and, since its...
by Collectif | 1 Feb, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
Geneticist Patrick Gaudray, member of the National Ethics Advisory Committee (NEAC) has responded to the research authorisation granted yesterday by British authorities and involving the genetic handling of human embryos [1]. “The human embryo issue is...