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The Netherlands is calling for better control of MAP clinics
In the Netherlands, Health Minister Edith Schippers is working to tighten controls governing medically assisted procreation clinics. In fact, several plaintiffs have denounced the lack of control in terms of the number of sperm donations for each donor....
Australia: Parliament examines a draft bill on active euthanasia for the fourteenth time
In Australia, a draft bill on voluntary euthanasia with "guarantees" was presented to the South Australian Parliament. This is the fourteenth time for Parliament to examine a draft bill on this subject (see Australie: Le parlement de Victoria veut...
In Belgium, the commission for the control of euthanasia publishes its 7th report
In Belgium, the 7th report by the Commission responsible for controlling and applying the law to Legislative Assemblies has just been published. It refers to 2014/2015. Analysis by the European Bioethics Institute: Since 2002, 12,726 people have undergone...
Restrictions on commercial surrogacy in india: americans want to collect their embryos
A request has been filed with the Mumbai High Court by two American couples wishing to collect their embryos held by a hospital in the city. These requests have been made following recent restrictions imposed on commercial surrogacy by the Indian Government...
Norway : selective abortion open to foreigners carrying twins
In Sweden and Denmark - neighbouring countries to Norway - selective abortion is not permitted. However Swedish and Danish women pregnant with twins can now travel to Norway to abort one of the foetuses. In fact, the Norwegian Health Ministry has ruled to legalise...
Japanese scientists focus on the creation of artificial eggs
Japanese scientists led by Professor Katsuhiko Hayashi at Kyushu University "have succeeded in creating murine eggs, in a laboratory setting, that led to fertile off-spring following fertilisation". They achieved this with two techniques - one using murine embryo stem...
Euthanasia : A pharmaceutical laboratory benefits from the legalisation in the State of Whashington
In the American State of Washington, a pharmaceutical laboratory is accused of benefiting from euthanasia to apply predatory pricing. Legalised since 2008 in this State, euthanasia is carried out in more than 50% of cases with secobarbital, sold under the trade name...
Ireland : over 5,600 women have sought “illegal” medical abortion
The Women on Web Association gives Irish women access to medical abortion which is illegal in their country.According to a study published in the "British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology", over 5,600 women have already taken up this option (see IVG...
Serge Tisseron : « people will end up asking other human beings to behave like robots »
In Japan, the "Pepper" robot has been on sale for approximately €10,000 since last year. Within fifteen months, over 3,000 companies and 7,000 individuals purchased a "Pepper" robot. The robot is currently sold in series, at the rate of several hundred copies per...
In Quebec, late abortions “worry” doctors
The Quebec College of Physicians is "worried" by the way in which late abortions are carried out in the province. It has created a working party to assess the current situation in medical establishments. The decision was taken after a study was published in the...
Senators submit a draft bill to authorise the transcription of birth certificates for children born through surrogacy
Judging the situation in France regarding children born through surrogacy to be “intolerable”, EDSR[1] senators have just filed a draft bill authorising French birth certificates to be issued for children born abroad through surrogacy. The single...
Sally Phillips: Are we heading towards a world without Down syndrome?
In the United Kingdom, ninety per cent of children screened and found to have Down syndrome before birth are aborted[1]. Whereas the Government is getting ready to announce the use of NIPS [2] via the NHS[3], Sally Phillips is concerned because it will increase this...