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MAP and later pregnancies have triggered a “twin boom” »
A study circulated on Monday and published in the American journal Population and Development, highlighted the fact that “the twin birth rate has almost doubled in developed countries in forty years”. This “twin boom” is partly due to the increasing...
Switzerland: an improvement in treatment refunds for young people with Down syndrome
The Swiss Federal Council has “included Down syndrome in the Appendix to the ordinance concerning congenital infirmities with effect from 1 March 2016”. Consequently, invalidity insurance (II) will cover the medical procedures needed to treat the disorders often...
Egg donation is still banned in Switzerland
In Switzerland, a parliamentary initiative authorising egg donation was deemed “fair” two years ago by the National Council Commission for Science, Education and Culture followed by the sister Commission of the Council of States. However, the terms and conditions of...
Jean Francois Mattei: “Does medicine lead to transhumanism? »
When given the floor, during one of the last conferences of the European forum of bioethics, Jean-François Mattei, speaking on the theme “Does medicine lead to transhumanism?” starts off by saying that “medicine no longer leads to reparation but to augmentation”....
United States: heading towards the authorisation of three parent IVF for boys?
The American National Academy of Sciences has submitted its final report on “Three-Parent IVF” to the FDA[1]. These recommendations could become official US policy, depending on the next decision taken by the FDA. The expert Committee put together to write this report...
Abortion: Zika challenges the restrictive legislation of Latin America
Currently, the link between Zika and brain damage has not been scientifically proven. However, the increase in the number of cases of microcephaly in certain regions of Brazil affected by the Zika epidemic has raised sufficient concern culminating in the WHO’s...
Zika Epidemic: An NGO proposes mail-order abortion
“To avoid any attempt at risky methods of abortion”, the “Women on Web” NGO “has announced that it will offer abortion pills to pregnant women” affected by the Zika[1] virus around the globe. This NGO, created in 2005, is fighting for access to abortion and, since its...
March for life: raising awareness in America beyond divides
On 22 January, the American “March for life” on the subject of “prolife feminism” was held in Washington to protect “mother and child linked to the same pregnancy reality and the challenge for life”. Every year, since the United States Supreme Court Case of Roe v Wade...
Euthanasia: Canadian bishops want to be heard
The Canadian Episcopal Conference “has asked to be heard by a special Committee on medically assisted suicide set up by the Government to be reviewed in one year’s time and established by the Supreme Court of Canada to modify current standards”. Monsignor...
India proposes to make prenatal gender testing mandatory
The Indian Minister for Women and the Development of Childhood “has suggested making prenatal gender testing mandatory in order to reduce the high level of female foeticides”. Such tests are currently banned in India and carry a five-year prison sentence. This...
Genetic handling of human embryos: the British decision is not surprising
Geneticist Patrick Gaudray, member of the National Ethics Advisory Committee (NEAC) has responded to the research authorisation granted yesterday by British authorities and involving the genetic handling of human embryos [1]. “The human embryo issue is...
Babybloom withdraws its “grant for surrogate mothers”
Babybloom Homoparentalité intended to organise a grant for surrogate mothers in a hotel on 29 and 30 of January (see “Grant for surrogate mothers” at the end of January). With this event, the American association wanted to “promote its catalogue, which offers a wide...