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![Spain – abortion: Bishops denounce “political calculation”](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/69_espagne_0.jpg)
Spain – abortion: Bishops denounce “political calculation”
On 23 September, the Spanish Government announced its withdrawal of the draft bill aimed at limiting recourse to abortion (Gènéthique press review on September 23rd, 2014). This withdrawal led those in favour of the bill to accuse the Government of "betrayal"...
![Canada: warnings given by the FDA do not stem the interest of private individuals in genetic testing](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/23andme.jpg)
Canada: warnings given by the FDA do not stem the interest of private individuals in genetic testing
The American company, 23andMe, which sells genetic tests to private individuals on the Internet, has relocated to Canada. The saliva tests to be returned to the company by consumers in order to obtain information on their family tree and predisposition to...
![United States: initial funds released for The Brain Initiative](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/usa.jpg)
United States: initial funds released for The Brain Initiative
This week, the American National Institute for Health (NIH) released the first funds (46 billion dollars) for “The Brain Initiative”, the project launched by President Obama in April 2013 and dedicated to research on the human brain. According to an...
![Euthanasia – Gross v. Switzerland: the ECHR calls the request “abusive”](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cedh-1.jpg)
Euthanasia – Gross v. Switzerland: the ECHR calls the request “abusive”
On 10 November 2010, Mrs. Gross, a Swiss lady in her eighties, appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on the basis that several doctors had refused to give her a lethal dose of medication. In actual fact she was not suffering from any disease. This...
![Down syndrome: Cerba guarantees the reliability of the new screening test – are we heading straight for eugenics?](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/02_dpn-1.jpg)
Down syndrome: Cerba guarantees the reliability of the new screening test – are we heading straight for eugenics?
The Cerba laboratory, which has developed the new non-invasive screening test (NIPS) for Down syndrome in France, just announced the results of its SEDHA clinical trial on 30 September: the sensitivity of the test exceeded 99% for 907 women considered to be at...
![Joint interview with Jacques Testart & Jean-Marie Le Méné: “Can humanism hold back eugenics?”](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/visuel-jmlm-jt_1_0.png)
Joint interview with Jacques Testart & Jean-Marie Le Méné: “Can humanism hold back eugenics?”
Following the publication of an interview with Lawrence Alexander in which he asserts that "we have entered the age of eugenics" (see Press Abstract of September 30, 2014), Gènéthique refers its readers to an interesting article on this subject: a joint interview with...
![21st Session of the UNESCO International Bioethics Committee in Paris: Gènéthique attended](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/img_20140909_112245-1080x675.jpg)
21st Session of the UNESCO International Bioethics Committee in Paris: Gènéthique attended
On 9 and 10 September 2014, Gènéthique attended an important event focusing on international reflection addressing bioethical issues at the Paris headquarters of UNESCO: the 21st Session of the International Bioethics Committee (IBC) and the Joint Session of the IBC...
![[Interview] Laurent Alexandre: When “convenience eugenics” is within our grasp](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/05_dpn_1-1.jpg)
[Interview] Laurent Alexandre: When “convenience eugenics” is within our grasp
“We have entered the eugenics century” according to Laurent Alexandre, head of a DNA sequencing company and advocate of transhumanism, in an interview for the www.usbek-et-rica.fr blog. The “turning point in history” is marked by the arrival...
![Anti-cancer treatments should not harm the foetus](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/10_grossesse_2.jpg)
Anti-cancer treatments should not harm the foetus
According to a Belgian study directed by Dr.Frédéric Aman at the Catholic University of Louvain, "the fear that the foetus might experience side effects cannot justify any delay in anti-cancer treatment, terminate a pregnancy or cause a child to be born prematurely",...
![United States – gamete donation: heading towards the right to discover biological parentage?](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/10_pma_don_sperme_2-1-566x675.jpg)
United States – gamete donation: heading towards the right to discover biological parentage?
The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) has just updated guidelines relating to gamete donation taking into account the fact that children born via this technique may have the right to find out who their biological parents are. Increasing numbers of...
![The importance of clear, objective information regarding prenatal tests](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/06_dpn_genetique-2.jpg)
The importance of clear, objective information regarding prenatal tests
Une étude américaine, conduite par l’UC San Francisco[1], a révélé que plus les femmes enceintes étaient informées sur les tests prénataux, moins elles y recouraient, même s’ils leur étaient proposés gratuitement. Cette étude, publiée dans le Journal of...
![Australia – selective abortions: where is unrestricted access to abortion actually heading?](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/18_ivg_selection_fille_1.jpg)
Australia – selective abortions: where is unrestricted access to abortion actually heading?
Independent senator, John Madigan, is introducing an amendment to the law giving access to Medicare (i.e. universal health cover) so that gender selective abortions cannot be reimbursed. In support of this bill, liberal senator, Cory Bernardi recognised...