by Alexis DUPORT | 31 Dec, 2008 | Gènéthique informs you
On 2nd December 2008, the Grand-Duke of Luxembourg announced that he will not promulgate law legalising euthanasia. Legislative process Introduced in 2001, this bill aiming at decriminalising euthanasia in Luxembourg was adopted, a first time, by the...
by Alexis DUPORT | 31 Dec, 2008 | Gènéthique informs you
An outstanding book, “L’affaire Jane Roe, histoire d’une manipulation” 1, tells the story of how a women who was, in spite of herself, at the origin of the abortion in USA, became one of the most famous representative of pro-life. The Roe vs. Wade...
by Alexis DUPORT | 31 Dec, 2008 | Gènéthique informs you
On last 9th January, the first British baby selected by pre-implantation diagnosis (PID) for breast cancer predisposition was born. Its mother, 27 years old, decided to resort to PID so that her child does not carry BRCA1 gene which could have increased by 50% to 80%...
by Alexis DUPORT | 30 Nov, 2008 | Gènéthique informs you
In charge of assessing the law of 22nd April on end of life and of making proposals, the mission entrusted to Jean Leonetti, UMP deputy, and three of his colleagues (the socialist Gaëtan Gorce, the communist Michel Vaxès and the centrist Olivier Jardé) delivered its...
by Alexis DUPORT | 30 Nov, 2008 | Gènéthique informs you
Alors que le débat sur la fin de vie est relancé en France, Mgr Jacques Suaudeau, membre de l’Académie pontificale pour la Vie, a accordé à Zenit un long entretien sur l’euthanasie. Définition de l’euthanasie Forgé au XVIIème siècle par Francis Bacon, le...
by Alexis DUPORT | 30 Nov, 2008 | Gènéthique informs you
The report of the Parliamentary Office for Scientific and Technological Assessment (OPECST) written by the deputies Jean-Sébastien Vialatte (UMP) and Alain Claeys (PS) is aimed to make the Members of Parliament think about the challenges of the revision of the law of...