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NIPS: Heading towards routine screening for Down Syndrome?
At the end of their congress, members of the French Predictive and Personalised Medicine Society (FMPP) who met on Friday, are calling for “genetic screening for Down syndrome to be available to all pregnant women who are at risk”. Amniocentesis, which is still...
A drone will transport the morning-after pill to Northern Ireland
Next Wednesday, “pro-choice” movements in Southern Ireland will send the morning-after pills to Northern Ireland by drone. This step is seen as an act of solidarity on either side of the border to denounce strict legislation surrounding abortion, which remains a...
Euthanasia for organ donations: who will stop the system gone wild?
According to the Journal of Medical Ethics, around 40 organ donations from patients that were euthanized on their demand have been listed in Belgium and the Netherlands. Still too few according to some Belgian and Dutch Doctors, who expressed their opinion in an...
Family Planning Videos: initial accusation dropped against the two journalists
The accusations made against David Deleiden and Sandra Merritt from the Center for Medical Progress have been partly dropped. Both anti-abortion journalists were accused of falsifying their identity to produce secretly filmed videos intimating that they wished to...
Belgium: a draft law to lift criminal proceedings for abortion
In Belgium, a draft bill seeking to “extend the legal time limit for abortion and totally lift criminal proceedings” will be debated by Parliament on Thursday.This draft bill was proposed by three socialist MPs, Laurette Onkelinx, Karine Lalieux and Fabienne Winkel....
The new surrogacy report will be debated next week by the Council of Europe
The Council of Europe Commission on Social Issues, Health and Sustainable Development will examine “the new surrogacy report” presented by Belgian MP, Petra De Sutter, next week during the plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly. Commission members will discuss...
Osteoarthritis: using stem cells to repair cartilage
The INSERM Regenerative Nanomedicine Unit in Strasbourg led by Dr. Nadia Benkirane-Jessel has devised a new generation of 3D implants to treat osteoarthritis, long since “considered an ageing-related fatality” with pain relief being feasible in only some cases. ...
Scotland extends conditions for accessing IVF
Scotland’s Public Health Minister, Aileen Campbell, has announced changes to the admissibility criteria for Scottish couples who could soon benefit from extended access to in-vitro fertilisation services. The government confirmed that it has accepted the key...
Monette Vacquin: “Science is seized by key moments in human existence”
Monette Vacquin, psychoanalyst and member of the Respect for Persons Collective (CoRP), has responded to the latest MPA and surrogacy findings to coincide with the publication of her book, Frankenstein aujourd’hui:égarements et délires de la science moderne. As...
Homosexuality – another reason for requesting euthanasia in Belgium?
A Belgian homosexual has requested euthanasia “because he cannot accept his sexual orientation”. His request was assessed and “conditionally approved”. Several committees have yet to give their opinion. Belgian law authorises euthanasia “if the patient is in a...
A new study highlights the equivalence between reprogrammed stem cells and human embryo stem cells
The similarity between induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS)[1] and human embryo stem cells (hESC) is often challenged by those defending the “gold standard” for hESC. Studies were intended to highlight the “significant differences” between both types of stem cell...
The sick and disabled “The world does not become a better place because only apparently ‘perfect’ individuals live there”
20,000 sick or disabled people gathered in Rome between Friday and Sunday on the occasion of the Jubilee of the Sick and the Disabled. During the solemn mass on 12 June, Pope Francis denounced the “exclusion of handicapped people” and the “illusion” under which some...