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![Bringing surrogacy to the council of Europe: An open letter to feminist associations](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/40_conseil_de_leurope_logo_7.png)
Bringing surrogacy to the council of Europe: An open letter to feminist associations
Today, the CoRP (Collectif pour le Respect de la Personne – Collective for the Respect of Persons) published an open letter addressed to the President of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, Pedro Agramunt, on the subject of surrogacy. This letter asks...
![Louisiana: The Senate votes on a draft bill banning selective abortion](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/trisomique_1.png)
Louisiana: The Senate votes on a draft bill banning selective abortion
After Northern Dakota, Indiana and Oklahoma (see United States: Oklahoma bans abortion for Down syndrome or genetic anomaly), it’s now the turn of the Louisiana Senate to vote on a law aimed at preventing abortion due to genetic deformity. This law, which was passed...
![Belgium: “The number of cryopreserved embryos is unknown”](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/embryon_13.jpg)
Belgium: “The number of cryopreserved embryos is unknown”
Further to the question raised by a Belgian MP, the Health Minister claimed that she was not able to confirm “the total number of embryos cryopreserved in freezers at Belgian MAP centres. The freezing of embryos started over thirty years ago in Belgium. “The fate of...
![Post-mortem insemination: “No justification for medical intervention”](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/06_pma_insemination_art_18.jpg)
Post-mortem insemination: “No justification for medical intervention”
The Council of State’s decision to authorise the transfer of a late husband’s sperm to Spain for post-mortem insemination has triggered numerous reactions. As far as Gaultier Bès is concerned, “legislation is putting individual wishes before a child’s...
![Surrogacy: Acceptance of the no maternity traffic european petition and draft french legislation](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/gpa_3.jpg)
Surrogacy: Acceptance of the no maternity traffic european petition and draft french legislation
The petition created by the No Maternity Traffic[1] group, presented on 10 March 2016 to the President of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly was “deemed admissible during the official meeting on 26 May 2016”. Consequently, the petition will be forwarded...
![UN: The holy see reminds us that there is no international right to abortion](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ivg_3.jpg)
UN: The holy see reminds us that there is no international right to abortion
During the UN World Summit in Istanbul this week [1], the Holy See reminded us “that there is no international right to abortion” and he has “rejected European proposals to draft new abortion legislation”. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State for the Vatican...
![Fighting abortion: The testimony of parents with childen affected by down syndrome](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/18_trisomie21_0-1-1080x675.jpg)
Fighting abortion: The testimony of parents with childen affected by down syndrome
In a televised broadcast, Radio Canada highlighted the sentiments of couples who “denounce the lack of support and prejudice within the health system” following their decision not to abort a child with Down syndrome. Parents have to “fight against abortion”. ...
![Canada: It is ‘risky” to authorise medically assisted dying](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/09_fin_de_vie_89-693x675.jpg)
Canada: It is ‘risky” to authorise medically assisted dying
On 6 June 2016, “the decision of the Canadian Supreme Court regarding medically assisted dying” will take effect, with or without the supporting Federal law. Draft bill C-14 was “readily adopted” by the Canadian House of Commons on Tuesday evening, during the third...
![Post-mortem insemination: The French council of state grants the request of a spanish widow](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/06_pma_insemination_art_17.jpg)
Post-mortem insemination: The French council of state grants the request of a spanish widow
Following approval by the Special Rapporteur (see Special Rapporteur in favour of post-mortem insemination), the French Council of State “has authorised the exportation to Spain of the claimant’s deceased husband’s gametes so that post-mortem insemination can be...
![The sordid scenes in abortion clinics unveiled by employees](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/a_0.png)
The sordid scenes in abortion clinics unveiled by employees
Despite the altruistic argument put forward by those in favour of abortion and the defence and dignity of women, “the reality of the abortion industry is far more sordid”, as evidenced by Abby Johnson, former Director of a Family Planning Clinic in Texas, in Unplanned...
![“PID is not seeking to reduce the disability but to get rid of the disabled”](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/17_trisomie21_7-1080x675.jpg)
“PID is not seeking to reduce the disability but to get rid of the disabled”
François Xavier Putallaz, Professor of Philosophy at Freiburg University, reviewed legislation governing the application of PGS(prenatal genetic screening), to be voted on by the Swiss nation on 5 June 2016. As far as the Professor is concerned, “the real problem...
![Regarding the “foetus as a patient” – a call from Pope Francis to protect life](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/francois_8.jpg)
Regarding the “foetus as a patient” – a call from Pope Francis to protect life
A conference entitled, “Defending life: the perinatal hospice as a scientific, ethical and human response to prenatal diagnostics” was organised on Wednesday, 25 May by the Italian Hospital, Policlinico Gemelli. The “perinatal hospice” is a new unit to this hospital....