by Alexis DUPORT | 9 Dec, 2016 | Gènéthique informs you
“The mother is always certain” [1], as says the adage used as a guideline for the symposium held in Lyon last 24th and 25th November. One observation: medically assisted procreation and gestational surrogacy have weakened the judicial notion of motherhood. ...
by Alexis DUPORT | 22 Nov, 2016 | Gènéthique informs you
This morning, the Fondation de L’Avenir made public the results of a study led in 11 hospital centres that included 453 women, to assess the levels of pain caused by abortion. A subject that is very rarely studied. Today in France, with over 220 000 every year,...
by Alexis DUPORT | 22 Nov, 2016 | Gènéthique informs you
At the end of October, the Council of Europe adopted a Recommandation that aims at banning genetic testing for insurance purposes. Through this text, the Council of Europe calls upon the governments of its member states to “guarantee the absence of discriminations,...
by Alexis DUPORT | 9 Nov, 2016 | Gènéthique informs you
Supported by formidable media backup, it seems impossible to miss the movie Heal the living. The story, an adaptation of the many-times awarded book from Maylis de Kerangal, had already been adapted for the theatre. Simon, 17 years old, arrives in the emergency...
by Alexis DUPORT | 9 Nov, 2016 | Gènéthique informs you
Concerned about the dispositions taken by the ECHR on gestational surrogacy, several senators[1], under the lead of the republican Jean-Pierre Leleux, tabled a draft law on October 20th 2016 “to fight against the actions engaged abroad by French people concerning...
by Alexis DUPORT | 3 Nov, 2016 | Gènéthique informs you
The draft resolution for the creation of a “European Union mechanism for democracy, rule of law and fundamental rights” was adopted on October 25th by the European Parliament. It was the Dutch MEP Sophia In’t Veld who started this controversial report,...