by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 19 Nov, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
The Knesset (the Israeli Parliament) voted against a draft bill seeking to “extend the circle of people using the services of a surrogate mother to single men and homosexual couples “. Surrogacy is authorised in Israel for married or single...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 19 Nov, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
Two years after undergoing lung transplant surgery, a female patient developed a very aggressive form of lung cancer. It turns out that the donor—a woman in her fifties—had been a heavy smoker, smoking a packet of cigarettes every day for thirty years. Tobacco is the...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 12 Nov, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In India, a baby girl was born in mid-October 2018 following uterine transplant surgery performed on her mother in May 2017 (see India: two women given uterine transplants). A Caesarean section was performed full-term. The transplanted uterus was donated by the...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 12 Nov, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Conscientious objection
The Norwegian Supreme Court has ruled in favour of conscientious objection and freedom of conscience for doctors. It held that Dr Katarzyna Jachimowicz had acted within her rights by refusing to insert intrauterine devices in women on the grounds of moral objections....
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 12 Nov, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
In the Netherlands, people can now be identified as “gender neutral” on their passports as opposed to male or female. This is a European first[1], but the practice has already been authorised in Canada and Australia. The Dutch government is thus...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 12 Nov, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Aurélie, aged 36, was six months pregnant when she discovered she had breast cancer. But doctors reassured her: “Patients often think that they cannot be treated and continue their pregnancy at the same time”, explained Christine Rousset-Jablonski,...