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![COP 21: Answering the surprising requests of the Family Planning](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cop21_0-1080x675.jpg)
COP 21: Answering the surprising requests of the Family Planning
For the conference on climate change, the Family Planning Federation published a press release asking for the “rights of women”, and particularly the “sexual and reproductive rights”, to be placed at the “centre of negotiations”. It sees this as “a major issue for the...
![Men could “bring babies into the world” 5to 10 years from now](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/33_homme_bebe.jpg)
Men could “bring babies into the world” 5to 10 years from now
Men bring children into the world? This may be feasible. According to Dr. Karine Chung, Director of the Fertility Preservation Programme at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, it will be possible “to transplant uteruses in men to allow them...
![The decriminalisation of abortion in the case of rape is rejected in Peru](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/01_ivg_img_24.jpg)
The decriminalisation of abortion in the case of rape is rejected in Peru
In Peru, the Parliamentary Laws’ Commission has rejected the draft law “to decriminalise abortion in the case of rape, thus ruling out the opportunity for a Parliamentary debate prior to closure of the Parliamentary session in July 2016”. The debate was held in...
![Surrogacy: a surrogate mother carrying triplets instructed to have an abortion](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/10_grossesseb_4.jpg)
Surrogacy: a surrogate mother carrying triplets instructed to have an abortion
When New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo, recently considered lifting the surrogacy ban in place in his State since 1993, a new surrogacy case came to light. It focused on the conflict between a man and the Californian surrogate mother with whom he signed an...
![Authorisation for a fourth artificial heart transplant granted to the Carmat Company](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/07_don_dorganes_18-1080x675.jpg)
Authorisation for a fourth artificial heart transplant granted to the Carmat Company
Further to last June’s announcement, the Carmat Biotechnology Company was granted authorisation on Tuesday, 24 November 2015 by the French medical authorities [1]to perform a fourth artificial heart implant. The aim is to complete the initial trial phase [2]: “By...
![Wales introduces presumed consent of organ donation](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/01_don_dorganes_4-1.jpg)
Wales introduces presumed consent of organ donation
From 1 December, Wales will be the first country in the United Kingdom to introduce a major change in the conditions governing organ donation. Any person aged 18 or over, who has lived in Wales for more than one year and who dies there will be considered a potential...
![The euthanasia of Belgian detainees “is not part of the legal framework”](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/71_belgique_3.jpg)
The euthanasia of Belgian detainees “is not part of the legal framework”
The fifteen prisoners who requested euthanasia in Belgium for “uncontrollable mental suffering”“were recently told that their case was not acceptable within the Belgian legal framework for the decriminalisation of euthanasia”. An initial request triggered the...
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Council of Europe: Postponement of the investigation into the draft resolution on surrogacy
The investigation by the Commission of social questions raised by the Council of Europe regarding the draft resolution on surrogacy, which should have taken place in Paris on Monday, 23 November, was postponed “due to a potential lack of Parliamentary Assembly rules...
![Is Columbia heading towards the legalisation of unconditional abortion?](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/04_ivg_img_48.jpg)
Is Columbia heading towards the legalisation of unconditional abortion?
According to CCTV America, the Columbian Government is considering legalising abortion “without asking women to justify their decision”. The draft law proposed by the administration of President Juan Manuel Santos, “would allow women to terminate their pregnancy in...
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The legalisation of assisted suicide increases the number of suicides
Aaron Kheriaty, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Medical Ethics Program at the Irvine School of Medicine, University ofCalifornia, is looking at the effects on populations of legislation authorising assisted suicide. He is focusing on a study...
![In the Netherlands – heading towards a free pill available from pharmacies for people over 70 years of age who wish to end their lives?](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/09_fin_de_vie_78-693x675.jpg)
In the Netherlands – heading towards a free pill available from pharmacies for people over 70 years of age who wish to end their lives?
The Dutch Voluntary Euthanasia Association (NVVE) is proposing to experiment with a new form of euthanasia by making a ‘Kill pill’ available free of charge from pharmacies for anyone over the age of seventy “regardless of their physical or mental...
![Africa: Bishops take a stand against an official vaccination campaign](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/istock_000015578982_small.jpg)
Africa: Bishops take a stand against an official vaccination campaign
“For the second year, the Church is boycotting a curious vaccination campaign organised by the Health Minister in conjunction with the UN”. An initial debate had, in fact, already led Kenyan Bishops to oppose the Health Minister in their country concerning the tetanus...