by Collectif | 3 Nov, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
In Great Britain, an interparty alliance comprising 11 female MPs has been created in order to clarify abortion legislation. They have introduced a draft law intended to expressly prohibit gender selective abortions, “the first...
by Collectif | 3 Nov, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
The Eastern Ontario Children’s Hospital (CHEO) in Canada, has just lodged an appeal against American holders of a test to screen for a rare cardiac disorder. Although “the future of medicine” is closely linked more and more to DNA research, as emphasised by...
by Collectif | 3 Nov, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Transhumanism
La Croix devotes its Sciences et éthique (Science and Ethics) dossier to the human brain. It is providing the daily newspaper with an opportunity to focus on recent brain-related discoveries, the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders and the European...
by Collectif | 2 Nov, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In an interview with the daily newspaper, Libération, Alexis Escudero, author of the book entitled La reproduction artificielle de l’humain (Artificial Human Reproduction), referred once again to the spin-offs triggered by medically assisted procreation (MAP)...
by Collectif | 30 Oct, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
A national sperm bank has just opened in the Birmingham Women’s Hospital in the United Kingdom. To date, British women have mostly turned to Denmark and the United States for sperm donation. Since 2004, the number of sperm donors has constantly risen but...
by Collectif | 30 Oct, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Transhumanism
Within the scope of Semaines sociales (social weeks) focusing on the topic of “Mankind and technosciences, the challenge”, in an interview with the daily newspaper La Croix, Grégor Puppinck1 explained the way in which transhumanism is henceforth...