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The British Parliament votes on the first reading of the draft law to ban selective abortions
British MPs have widely voted in favour of banning gender selective abortions (Cf. Synthèse Gènéthique du 4 novrembre 2014). This motion was carried in order to bring "urgent clarification" to the Abortion Act, which does not explicitly state that...
Argentina: Abortion hotly debated once again
In Argentina where abortion is only authorised following rape or if the mother’s life is in danger, the debate on authorising abortion up to the twelfth week of pregnancy will begin on Tuesday in Parliament. This is the fifth time that this kind of draft law has been...
Surrogacy or how to “purchase” American nationality?
In the United States, since the Immigration and Nationality Act, the granting of citizenship was reserved to genetic parents only. However, a recent amendment to the immigration policy has just altered the definitions of "mother" and "parents" to include surrogate...
Will the 21st century focus on the brain?
La Croix devotes its Sciences et éthique (Science and Ethics) dossier to the human brain. It is providing the daily newspaper with an opportunity to focus on recent brain-related discoveries, the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders and the European...
Canada : DNA patents fluctuating between protecting discoveries and hindering research
The Eastern Ontario Children’s Hospital (CHEO) in Canada, has just lodged an appeal against American holders of a test to screen for a rare cardiac disorder. Although “the future of medicine” is closely linked more and more to DNA research, as emphasised by...
Great Britain: Will the draft law against selective abortion put an end to ambiguity?
In Great Britain, an interparty alliance comprising 11 female MPs has been created in order to clarify abortion legislation. They have introduced a draft law intended to expressly prohibit gender selective abortions, "the first discrimination" against...
A tool for eugenics and transhumanism – should we fight against MAP?
In an interview with the daily newspaper, Libération, Alexis Escudero, author of the book entitled La reproduction artificielle de l’humain (Artificial Human Reproduction), referred once again to the spin-offs triggered by medically assisted procreation (MAP)...
How “Human Rights” are becoming “post & trans-humans rights”
Gregor Puppinck, PhD, Director of the European Centre for Law and Justice explains how human rights are becoming “trans-humans rights” under the influence of individualism, skepticism and biotechnologies. Human rights courts are currently redefining the “new man”...
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[Interview] Grégor Puppinck: human rights versus transhumanist rights
Within the scope of Semaines sociales (social weeks) focusing on the topic of "Mankind and technosciences, the challenge", in an interview with the daily newspaper La Croix, Grégor Puppinck1 explained the way in which transhumanism is henceforth affecting human...
UK: opening of a national sperm bank in Birmingham
A national sperm bank has just opened in the Birmingham Women's Hospital in the United Kingdom. To date, British women have mostly turned to Denmark and the United States for sperm donation. Since 2004, the number of sperm donors has constantly risen but the...
Authorised surrogacy gets its first reading at Knesset
The draft law seeking to authorise surrogacy for singles and same sex couples has passed the first stage in the legal battle. In its first reading last Monday in Knesset, the law was approved by a majority of 45 votes to 15. According to the Israeli Health Minister,...
Google upsets the nanodiagnostics schedule
Once again, Google has ranked itself as a world leader in the neuro business. Its laboratory, Google X, specialising in the investigation of potentially revolutionary technologies, has just announced the development of nanoparticles used to detect the early...