by Collectif | 22 Dec, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
The third patient to receive an artificial Carmat heart implant on 8 April 2015 died on 18 December. According to the press release issued by the Carmat Company, “this was a case of sudden death due to respiratory arrest during chronic renal failure” and the...
by Collectif | 22 Dec, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
On Tuesday, the Quebec Court of Appeal made its decision to validate the contested articles in Quebec’s “medically assisted dying” law, which came into force on 10 December 2015(cf. Gènéthique du 10 décembre 2015). Superior Court Judge, Michel Pinsonnault...
by Collectif | 16 Dec, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
Euthanasia is currently illegal in Canada but the question is fuelling debate since the law authorising assisted suicide came into force in Quebec on 10 December. Prior to the adoption of this law, the “Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights’ Commission recommended...
by Collectif | 15 Dec, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
The Mexican State of Tabasco is currently the only state in the country to authorise non-commercial surrogacy. Consequently, it has attracted numerous strangers and gay couples who want to become parents. In surrogacy terms, Mexico is thus an alternative to the...
by Collectif | 15 Dec, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Jean-Paul Van de Walle, who has been called to the Brussels Bar, has revisited the need to ban surrogacy in Belgium when the Belgian Senate has just unanimously accepted a report on this subject, drafted by the Commission des affaires institutionnelles (Institutional...
by Collectif | 14 Dec, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
In Great Britain, the Tinder application has teamed up with the National Health Service (NHS) to launch an organ donation awareness campaign known as The Wait. The campaign mainly targets young people between 18 and 35 years of age – the main users of Tinder. ...