by Collectif | 12 May, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
Following in the steps of the country’s bishops, the Fédération des Eglises Protestantes de Suisse (FEPS) (Federation of Protestant Churches of Switzerland) expressed its opposition to a change in the Federal Constitution that would authorise pre-implantation genetic...
by Collectif | 11 May, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
On 14 June, the Swiss people will be invited to vote for or against an amendment in the Federal Constitution proposed by Parliament and “destined to pave the way for pre-implantation diagnosis”. The Swiss bishops took their stand yesterday in an...
by Collectif | 10 May, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
In an interview last Friday with the weekly journal, Tel Quel, Health Minister El Hossein El Ouardi, clearly announced his support for easing restrictions on abortion. “As far as I am concerned, women should be allowed to decide what to do with their own...
by Collectif | 10 May, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Last week, the biotechnology company, Kallistem, announced a “world first” in having created “fully formed human spermatozoa in vitro”. The process will be tested in animals (preclinical tests) to “check the quality of the spermatozoa”and then...
by Collectif | 6 May, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
The American team led by Dr. Glenn Grenn, Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Michigan Children’s Hospital, was granted emergency FDA [1] authorisation to implant a prosthetic trachea in three babies aged 3, 5 and 16 months. These prostheses were tailor-made...
by Collectif | 5 May, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
The Council of Europe (CE) Bioethics Conference was held in Strasbourg on 4 and 5 May. The topic “Emerging technologies and human rights” brought together international bioethics experts with a view to generating discussionsin order to “find the middle ground between...