by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 23 Jul, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
People no longer have to be terminally ill or even ill in the Netherlands—older people who consider that their suffering is unbearable and whose situation is unlikely to improve can now resort to euthanasia. Even if they are not in the terminal stage of a disease and...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 23 Jul, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has just published the sixth edition of the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Services: Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services. These revised directives, approved by...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 23 Jul, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
On Saturday, 23 June, Cambodian police raided a child surrogacy ring in Phnom Penh, and arrested five people including one Chinese national. “33 women were involved. Some had already given birth whilst others were still at various stages of...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 23 Jul, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
The “dignity of every person, in every phase and condition of existence” was stressed by Pope Francis on 25 June 2018 to delegates at the XXIVth General Assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV). Entitled “Equal beginnings. But then? A global...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 23 Jul, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
Health Canada[1] has just published the latest figures on medical assistance in dying and the authorisation of this practice governed by the laws of December 2015 in Quebec (see Quebec: “medical assistance in dying continues to soar) and July 2016 for the rest...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 23 Jul, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In Ireland, the 2015 Children and Family Relationships Act grants same-sex couples parental rights. Currently, although the law allows donor-assisted reproduction, the biological mother retains a certain number of advantages. In the case of same-sex couples,...