by Collectif | 5 Oct, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
On Monday, Jerry Brown, Governor of California, ratified the law authorising assisted suicide for people whose lives are drawing to a close. The legislation was adopted in September by the Californian Chamber of Representatives – forty-three in favour and thirty-four...
by Collectif | 5 Oct, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
Unesco’s International Bioethics Committee (IBC), comprising thirty-six independent experts (scientists, philosophers, lawyers and ministers) met in Paris on 29 and 30 September, and 1 October. On Monday, it publicised a report unveiling its “thoughts on the human...
by Collectif | 5 Oct, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
On Friday, 2 October, the Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe rejected by a majority a neonatal infanticide petition that had collected 224,000 signatures. The Bureau justified its decision on the grounds that this type of petition focused on...
by Collectif | 4 Oct, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
The first patient to undergo IPS cell transplantation (cf. Gènéthique du 18 septembre 2014) for age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) – a disease that gradually leads to blindness, is doing well according to scientists at the Riken Institute and Foundation for...
by Collectif | 30 Sep, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
“Goy”, the mother of “Baby Gammy” (cf. Gènéthique des 24 novembre 2014, 1er décembre 2014, 20 janvier 2015, 19 mai 2015), a Thai child with Down Syndrome, born through surrogacy, whose intended parents did not want him to be born, tells her story. “A...
by Collectif | 29 Sep, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
On 30 September, Dr. Richard Smith announced that he had been given the go-ahead [1]to launch the first clinical trial involving uterine transplants in the United Kingdom. For this trial, he is supervising a team of scientists working for the Womb Transplant UK...