by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 10 Dec, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
The European Medicines Agency is calling for a change in the package leaflet of hormonal contraceptive pills to “warn of the risks of depression and suicide”. The decision is based on a 2017 Danish study. Of the 500,000 women enrolled in the study, 69,999...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 10 Dec, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
Léah is a young disabled woman aged nineteen. She suffered from alternating hemiplegia of childhood, which slowed down her motor and mental development and triggered bouts of epilepsy. The last episode occurred on 19 August 2018, culminating in a two-month stay in the...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 10 Dec, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
According to the new statistics report published by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the number of abortions has hit a historic low. The annual report, entitled Abortion Surveillance – United States 2015, was published today and gives details on US...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 10 Dec, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
The Indian Department of Health has made the inclusion of non-Indians on organ transplant waiting lists in India a statutory requirement. It seems that private establishments currently focus on foreign transplant patients. Each transplant centre must now report...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 10 Dec, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
“Helping a patient to die is one thing, making him or her die is something else”. Last Tuesday, Monsignor Paglia, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life addressed students at Gemelli Hospital in Rome on the subject of end-of-life care. ...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 30 Nov, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Currently, in the US, “the unprecedented rise in individual DNA testing enables those born from anonymous sperm or egg donation to identify their ‘donor’ in most cases”. The system operates on the basis of “simple game of...