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Gestational surrogacy: the manipulations of law
In order to obtain the right from the Law to develop gestational surrogacy legally, the companies invested in the market of human material have deployed a judicial sophistry: the expected answer is slipped in the question and, thus, closes the debate. The offensive is...
Late pregnancies: “Everything has its limits”
MAP has made “late and now ultra-late pregnancies” possible essentially through egg donation. This form of pregnancy is on the increase in both Europe and the United States. In France, out of the 800,000 births in 2014, 98 involved mothers over the age of 50, i.e....
Catherine Dopchie, oncologist, refuses to practise euthanasia
In Belgium, Catherine Dopchie[1], oncologist and practising catholic, focuses on the reasons that led her to refuse to practise euthanasia. Confronted with the mystery of suffering and death she felt motivated “to let go to make room for something bigger than...
MAP: What consequences will this have on child development?
Medically assisted procreation techniques are currently used and yet scientific literature “provides little information on the fate of these children and, in particular, the possible effects of infertility treatment on their development”. American scientists have...
In Scotland, a campaign against extending the length of time to carry out an abortion
In Scotland, a campaign against extending the abortion legal time limit has been launched by the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC). The campaign entitled, Don’t Stop a Beating Heart (DSABH) has been initiated whereas the United Kingdom is ready to...
Mice with Duchenne muscular distrophy cured thanks to CRISPR
On Thursday, three teams of scientists published the preliminary results of their studies of the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy in the Science journal. This hereditary disease affects one out of 5,000 children at birth and triggers progressive,...
The biggest British sperm bank practices eugenics
The London Sperm Bank – the biggest British sperm bank, is refusing sperm donations from dyslexic males. It has distributed a brochure to potential sperm donors stating that they “should not be suffering from any attention deficit, hyperactivity, autism...
The MEdGenome Laboratory launches NIPS in India
Indian laboratory MedGenome has chosen the Natera Constellation, Inc. (NTRA) platform to launch its non-invasive prenatal diagnostic tests (NIPS) called “Panorma”.“We are delighted that MedGenome has chosen the Natera Constellation platform to market NIPS […], which...
Medically assisted dying in Quebec: the Court of Appeal validated the law
On Tuesday, the Quebec Court of Appeal made its decision to validate the contested articles in Quebec’s “medically assisted dying” law, which came into force on 10 December 2015(cf. Gènéthique du 10 décembre 2015). Superior Court Judge, Michel Pinsonnault...
The third patient to receive a Carmat heart transplant has died
The third patient to receive an artificial Carmat heart implant on 8 April 2015 died on 18 December. According to the press release issued by the Carmat Company, “this was a case of sudden death due to respiratory arrest during chronic renal failure” and the...
The European Parliament condemns surrogacy
Whereas the European Council Parliamentary Assembly is re-examining a case of “selling a child through surrogacy” (case of Paradiso et Campanelli v. Italy), Members of the European Parliament have just condemned “surrogacy which contravenes the human dignity of...
The appeal from a Canadian family: “Say no to euthanasia!”
Euthanasia is currently illegal in Canada but the question is fuelling debate since the law authorising assisted suicide came into force in Quebec on 10 December. Prior to the adoption of this law, the “Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights’ Commission recommended...