by Collectif | 30 Jul, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
This summer, the government of the Chinese province of Yunnan launched a campaign against surrogacy. This practice is illegal in China but “the sector is flourishing in this most populated country in the world where studies suggest that fertility problems affect one...
by Collectif | 29 Jul, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
On Monday, “Santé Canada”, Canada’s Federal Ministry for Health approved the use of abortion pill RU486[1], “based on scientific recommendations”. It will be marketed under the name of Mifegymiso, by the LinePharma International Limited laboratory. The...
by Collectif | 29 Jul, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
On 28 July, in the Lancet medical journal, Professor Carpentier et al. published information on three patients who had undergone a Carmat heart transplant – information that had been “jealously guarded” until then. This “long awaited” article provides...
by Collectif | 28 Jul, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
In the United States, 8 year-old Zion has undergone a double hand and forearm transplant – a “world first” for a child, according to the Philadelphia Children’s Hospital. Zion had to have his hands and feet amputated at 2 years of age following septicaemia – a...
by Collectif | 28 Jul, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
A study carried out by 6 Belgian doctors and scientists and published in the Journal du Médecin has confirmed that, in Belgium, 35 patients out of 100 requesting euthanasia on the grounds of intolerable mental suffering were actually granted their request. The...
by Collectif | 28 Jul, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
A scandal erupted a fortnight ago in the United States when the Center for Medical Progress put a video on line that had been filmed with a hidden camera. The video showed a family planning manager giving details of a partial birth abortion – a method that she...