by Collectif | 1 Nov, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
10 December in Canada “will mark the start of the euthanasia experiment in Quebec”(cf Gènéthique du 23 octobre 2015). As the deadline approaches, the country’s religious communities are asking “the new liberal government to introduce strict guidelines regarding...
by Collectif | 29 Oct, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
On Thursday, the Swedish legal system confirmed that a man could not relinquish his paternal rights. He submitted this request to the courts following the birth of his twins born by implanting “two embryos fertilised in vitro from egg and sperm donations”. The man...
by Collectif | 28 Oct, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
Next January, the Global Alliance for iPS therapies (GIAT) will start “to assemble a haplobank comprising 150 induced pluripotent cell lines iPS)[1]”, in an attempt to satisfy clinical trial requirements. This project is the fruit of collaboration between...
by Collectif | 27 Oct, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In February 2015, the United Kingdom authorised “three-parent in-vitro fertilisation”(cf. Gènéthique du 4 février 2015). This vote in the House of Commons constituted a world first, and was validated by the House of Lords on 23 February. However, HFEA President...
by Collectif | 27 Oct, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
On 22 June 2015, Simone was euthanized in Anvers, Belgium, at the age of 85. Ever since the death of her daughter a few months earlier, she could no longer tolerate living: “sorrow became an intolerable pain”. Her case, which was analysed by the...
by Collectif | 27 Oct, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
On Wednesday, 28 October, the Indian Government announced that it “was banning foreigners from accessing its surrogacy services in order to regulate procreative tourism, which is witnessing strong growth”. The Indian Government therefore wishes to restrict surrogacy...