by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 20 May, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
An Ohio appeals court upheld on Thursday a previous ruling that frozen embryos are not people. This decision was based on an Ohio law that states that an embryo is considered a person only if it can survive outside the womb. The decision was taken following...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 20 May, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
A new survey by the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York revealed a “basic gap in fertility knowledge for many US women”. The study, which was conducted with 1,000 American women ages 20 to 45, found that only 20% of women know that they are only fertile...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 20 May, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
A new American state has adopted the Heartbeat bill, a law that prohibits abortion once a foetal heartbeat can be detected, usually around six weeks of pregnancy. The law will come into effect January 2020 (see Abortion: the “heartbeat bill” passed in...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 20 May, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
On 4 May 2019, the UN International Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) – to which the matter was referred by Vincent Lambert’s parents – asked France to suspend, “as a precautionary measure,” the decision to stop Vincent...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 20 May, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Since abortion was decriminalized in Ireland on 2 January 2019, the Health Service Executive’s (HSE) My Options helpline has received 6,000 calls. Of the 317 Irish general practitioners willing to perform abortions, 169 agreed to have their contact details shared on...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 20 May, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has released its latest data on medically assisted reproduction in the United Kingdom. More than 54,000 patients underwent 75,000 fertility treatments in 2017, with the number of IVF cycles increasing by...