by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 30 Nov, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
Several Swiss right-to-die organisations are politically and legally active abroad in a drive to push assisted suicide. Eternal Spirit is a typical example with the president of this organisation advocating legally assisted suicide in talk shows and international...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 30 Nov, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
According to a new study published by The Femedic on women’s health and education, 75% of women in the United Kingdom believe that they have not been fully informed by their doctor of the side effects of their contraception—either when the medication was first...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 27 Nov, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In an interview published last week, Donald Trump reiterated his desire to end automatic rights to US citizenship. This would involve passing an executive order challenging this principle included in the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. His aim is to prevent the...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 27 Nov, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis
Three individuals with paralysed legs managed to walk again without stimulation. Although American researchers recently got a paraplegic individual to take a few steps by electrically stimulating the spinal cord (see United States: paraplegic walks a few metres with...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 27 Nov, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
“We have a great quality female embryo… like to consider a trade?” These were the words posted by a 37-year-old American actress in an IVF Facebook group to find a little brother for her son who asked for a baby brother the week before. ...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 27 Nov, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Over the last 40 years, i.e. since the birth of the first “test-tube baby”, adoptions in England and Wales have fallen by 62%. At the same time, the success of IVF in women under the age of 35 has almost tripled. Anthony Douglas is the CEO of...