by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 18 Mar, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
“If a heartbeat is used to determine the end of life, it should be used to establish when life begins,” said Republican Congressman Ed Setzler, supporting his bill on Wednesday in the Georgia State Parliament in the United States. This law would prohibit any...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 18 Mar, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Last week, the Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar and foreign minister Simon Coveney launched A Better World, a new policy on aid for developing countries. This new plan is intended to guide the action of Irish Aid (the government’s development aid programme) for...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 18 Mar, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
“The number of abortions in Quebec has reached its lowest level in 20 years”. According to the Régie de l’Assurance Maladie du Québec (RAMQ) (Quebec health insurance board), 21,203 women had an abortion in 2017[1]. The Institut National de Santé Publique...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 18 Mar, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
On Sunday evening, the UK’s health secretary Matt Hancock appealed for organ donations from young children. Although adult donations have increased by one-fifth since 2004, donations from children “have remained static”. Organs from 57 children...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 18 Mar, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
An Irish MP is calling for full pay for women off work to have an abortion. Most of these women go on sick leave to have their abortions, which is not always paid and “could be a major deterrent to staying on leave, especially for women on the lowest...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 18 Mar, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
At the request of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, the UK’s Science and Technology Committee is launching a national survey to poll British people about commercial genetic tests for the general public. Among the future consumers “some have expressed...