by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 30 May, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
David Goodall, a 104-year-old Australian, has just ended his days in Switzerland, with international media coverage and material support from Eternal Spirit and Exit International. But why has this triggered such a “media obsession”? “The scientist...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 30 May, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Voted last week by the Iowa Parliament [1], the law has just been passed by the Republican governor of Iowa, Kim Reynolds. This law prohibits any abortion as soon as a foetal heartbeat is detected, i.e. approximately from the sixth week of pregnancy. The only...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 30 May, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
The sudden and early break of the mother-child bond may predispose babies to mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and addiction, according to the study conducted by researchers at the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) School of Science....
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 30 May, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
When can you affirm that someone is dead? Behind the apparent simplicity of this question lies a fundamental ethical concern about organ donation. There is in fact considerable disagreement about the criteria that we should use to assess whether someone is dead....
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 24 May, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
In the Netherlands, 4,188 people were euthanised in 2012, compared to over 7,000 in 2017. These figures were highlighted in a study published in the British Medical Journal. Steven Pleiter, “an advocate of euthanasia”, is the director of Levenseindekliniek[1],...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 24 May, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
IVI, the Spanish fertility clinic in Valencia[1], is launching a new programme with guarantees that could prove interesting to Europeans: “With IVI Baby you will have your baby home with you in a maximum time frame of 24 months”. In the event of failure, IVI is...