by Collectif | 1 Feb, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Prenatal diagnosis
The Indian Minister for Women and the Development of Childhood “has suggested making prenatal gender testing mandatory in order to reduce the high level of female foeticides”. Such tests are currently banned in India and carry a five-year prison sentence. This...
by Collectif | 31 Jan, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
On the occasion of the opening of the parliamentary debate on the creation of a “civil union” in Italy, hundreds of thousands of Italians demonstrated on Saturday in Rome under the slogan, “Stop destroying family life”. This demonstration was organised by the “Defend...
by Collectif | 31 Jan, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has just authorised scientists at the Francis Crick Institute in London to genetically modify human embryos using the CRISPR Cas9 technique. Scientists submitted their request in September...
by Collectif | 31 Jan, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Dutch Health Minister, Edith Schippers, is debating whether to allow women of 50 who wish to have recourse to MAP (medically assisted pregnancy) access “to their eggs frozen 15 years earlier”. MAP is currently authorised up to the age of 45 in this country. The...
by Collectif | 31 Jan, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Babybloom Homoparentalité intended to organise a grant for surrogate mothers in a hotel on 29 and 30 of January (see “Grant for surrogate mothers” at the end of January). With this event, the American association wanted to “promote its catalogue, which offers a wide...
by Collectif | 28 Jan, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
The Ottawa Provincial-Territorial Expert Advisory Group on Physician-Assisted Dying was heard by MPs on Tuesday evening. This group published its report in December.Their “worrying” perspective is that “medically assisted dying should not only be offered to...