by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 21 Jan, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
The lower house of the Indian Parliament, Lok Sabha[1], yesterday accepted the Surrogacy Regulation Bill, a 2016 draft bill banning all forms of commercial surrogacy in India (see Surrogacy in India: restrictions onthe agenda). The law, discussed in Lok Sabha since 21...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 21 Jan, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In a recent decision, the United Kingdom Court of Appeal allowed the reimbursement of a US surrogacy contract amounting to £560,000 to a young woman left infertile following cancer that was not detected in time by her doctors. The Whittington Hospital Board...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 21 Jan, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
On Thursday evening, Irish President Michael D. Higgins signed the law to allow abortion in Ireland. This law qualifies abortion as a medical procedure and authorises it unconditionally for up to 12 weeks, with a three-day reflection period. If there is a risk to the...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 21 Jan, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
It is estimated that the number of women receiving medically assisted reproduction treatment in Spain has increased eleven-fold compared to five years ago. This finding was revealed by the Valencian Infertility Institute (IVI)[1], which also points out that, based on...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 21 Jan, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
A surrogate mother from Lorain, Ohio, Sanchia Weinstein, was granted temporary custody of the baby girl she gave birth to four years ago. The surrogacy contract was signed in 2013. Thomas Mika, the father, had provided frozen sperm and conception took place using an...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 7 Jan, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
A U.S. government order has suspended all purchases of foetal tissue for research purposes. The ban took effect in September, with no public announcement. The order follows the government’s decision to conduct a comprehensive review of the protections applicable...
