by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 18 Mar, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Transhumanism
Last Monday, UNESCO’s director-general Audrey Azoulay opened the first world conference to promote a “humanistic approach” to artificial intelligence (AI). OECD secretary-general Angel Gurria stressed that all stakeholders,...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 18 Mar, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
The anti-corruption branch of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in Peshawar, Pakistan, has uncovered an inter-provincial network of illegal human-organ transplants, involving hospital officials, doctors and illegal donors. This discovery followed a...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 18 Mar, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
Asked about feminism, the philosopher Sylviane Agacinski believes that “the most frightening thing today is the grip that the economy is exerting over all individuals — not just women — in the name of growth, competitiveness and the endless race for profit....
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 18 Mar, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
The Hague Conference on Private International Law’s Council on General Affairs and Policy met on 6–8 March. The agenda included making decisions on the parentage/surrogacy project launched in March 2015. Last February, the expert group responsible for studying the...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 11 Mar, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
The argument put forward to defend the proposal to extend the law on abortion in New York State and to authorize it during the nine months of pregnancy is that abortion is sometimes medically necessary. But OB-GYNs know that there is no situation where abortion is...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 11 Mar, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
In 2018, 2,357 cases of euthanasia were reported in Belgium, representing 2% of annual deaths and an increase of 1.8% compared to 2017. The majority involved patients 60 to 89 years of age, more often women than men, and most took place at home (61.1%). The main...