by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 18 Jun, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Conscientious objection
Under the current abortion bill, refusing to refer patients to doctors willing to perform abortions would “be a breach of the law”. While the law allows conscientious objection and allows doctors to refuse to perform abortions, it obliges them to ”...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 18 Jun, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
The bill that would have legalised euthanasia in Portugal was rejected Tuesday evening, with 110 votes in favour, 115 against, and only four abstentions. The vote took place after a “heated debate”. The bill was drafted by the ruling Socialists and...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 18 Jun, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Planned Parenthood’s case was dismissed by the Supreme Court of the United States. The organisation had tried to block a 2015 law that considerably restricted access to the RU-486 abortion pill, sold under the brand names Mifeprex (mifepristone) and Cytotec...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 18 Jun, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
Twenty years after creating Dignitas, the assisted suicide organisation, its president, 85-year-old Ludwig A. Minelli, is in court, accused of “making money through death”. It is the first time that a case of this kind has been heard in Switzerland. ...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 18 Jun, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Though surrogacy is banned in Portugal, an Israeli company has nevertheless opened an office in Lisbon to offer its services to Portuguese couples. Roy Nir, the company’s CEO, spoke to the local press, confirming that Tammuz’s activities “would...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 18 Jun, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
Speaking about the Alfie Evans case, two renowned bioethicists and professors of medical ethics at Oxford University, have pointed out “protocol problems”. The toddler died last April [1], when the hospital withdrew his life support [2] contrary to the...