by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 10 Dec, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
The Ohio House of Representatives has adopted a bill banning abortions as soon as a foetal heartbeat is detected. The decision was passed by 65 votes to 30. The Senate should vote with the same margin. The outgoing governor is opposed to this bill but his successor,...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 10 Dec, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
A review of the bioethics law challenges sperm donor anonymity “which could be removed” for two reasons: the international commitments signed by France in relation to “access to origin” and the progress made in genomics which allow donors to be...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 10 Dec, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
“There’s no solution to this. I can’t have my organs back”, explains a 36-year-old American woman in desperation. She “no longer has a uterus, ovaries or breasts—all have been removed”. She was “mutilated and massacred”...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 10 Dec, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Abortion will no longer be banned after 15 weeks in Mississippi. The law was revoked on Tuesday by a federal judge. He held that such a law “unequivocally” violated the constitutional rights of women. This law was adopted in March 2018 (see...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 10 Dec, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Nineteen US states are calling for the US Supreme Court to uphold the abortion ban for Down syndrome in Indiana. This 2016 law has been challenged over the past month by Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill who wants to lift the ban. It prohibits “the...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 10 Dec, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
Experts appointed by the courts have drawn their conclusions. They initially deemed that the 42-year-old male nurse was in an “irreversible chronic vegetative state”: “From a clinical perspective, Vincent Lambert is totally incapacitated in terms of...