by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 18 Feb, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
A surrogacy story has hit the headlines in the past week because the technique used, banned in the United Kingdom, has led to the birth of twins with different biological fathers but the same biological mother. A British gay couple paid a Canadian surrogate...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 18 Feb, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
“I was floating above my body”. Interviewed on Europe 1, Krystel Cahanin-Caillaud told Christophe Hondelatte about her “near death” experience. In June 1992, the year of her graduation, she was in a car with friends when they hit an...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 18 Feb, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
A draft bill to fully legalise euthanasia in Italy was presented for debate today in the Chamber of Deputies. The bill, presented under popular initiative after 130,000 signatures were collected, is entitled “Refusal of health care and lawfulness of...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 18 Feb, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
The Council of Europe’s Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development has adopted a draft recommendation calling for “the waiving of anonymity for all future human gamete donations”. It will be debated by the Assembly at its next...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 18 Feb, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis
In Singapore, the confidential medical data of 14,200 patients were stolen and published online. This is the city’s second major IT breach in a matter of months[1]. In its press release, the ministry explains that, “confidential information relating...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 8 Feb, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
“To never lose sight of the inalienable values of human dignity and life” was the message behind the “March for Life” which united several thousand people in Paris on 20 January. It was attended by “50,000 people according to the...