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![Could an autonomous “brain pacemaker” treat neurological disorders?](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/08_nanotechnologie_7.jpg)
Could an autonomous “brain pacemaker” treat neurological disorders?
A study published in the journal Nature on 31 December presents a new neurostimulator developed by engineers at the University of California at Berkeley. It can both listen to and stimulate the electrical current in the brain, thus providing state-of-the-art...
![Psychoanalyst takes stance on “fatherless parenting”](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/30bis_fiv_16.jpg)
Psychoanalyst takes stance on “fatherless parenting”
Psychoanalyst Jean-Pierre Winter, author of the book L'avenir des pères[1], provides an objective explanation as to why he fears parenting without the father. "Primarily as a paediatric clinician, I have been confronted for almost forty years with the damage...
![Meeting with boyfriend 12 years after giving birth to daughter](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/istock-577312520_2.jpg)
Meeting with boyfriend 12 years after giving birth to daughter
When she was younger, Jessica Share lived in the American Midwest. Married to a woman for a few years, they purchased sperm from an anonymous donor chosen for his personal characteristics and tastes. Both women each carried a daughter, born through the artificial...
![Contraception as a means of combating poverty?](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/57_justice_usa_14.jpg)
Contraception as a means of combating poverty?
In the United States, in recent decades, more and more women have used a long-term method of birth control, such as intrauterine devices or implants (Sterilisation, the first contraceptive in the United States?). However, this method of contraception has also...
![In Germany, recognition of a “third gender”](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/man-2933984_640.jpg)
In Germany, recognition of a “third gender”
In Germany, on 13 December 2018, the Bundestag (national parliament) adopted a bill paving the way to recognise the existence of a third gender. This category will be added to the current "male" and "female"categories on administrative documents. In November...
![Down syndrome and Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT): 50% increase in UK abortions in the last decade](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/01_dpn_27.png)
Down syndrome and Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT): 50% increase in UK abortions in the last decade
In 2017, 655 babies with Down syndrome were aborted in the United Kingdom, i.e. 218 more than in 2007. This represents a 50% increase over ten years, mainly due to the use of NIPT. NIPT is a test considered 99% reliable and requires only a simple blood test from the...
![Medically assisted reproduction: a woman forges her ex-husband’s signature, the courts refuse compensation](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/66_justice_hd_1.jpg)
Medically assisted reproduction: a woman forges her ex-husband’s signature, the courts refuse compensation
After her divorce in May 2010, a woman was implanted with a thawed embryo in October 2010 after forging her ex-husband's signature. Despite the conditions under which this little girl, now seven years old, was conceived, the father chose to take care of her "in the...
![In England, 2/3 of patients in medically assisted reproduction centres feel that they are being cheated](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/01_pma_fiv_44.jpg)
In England, 2/3 of patients in medically assisted reproduction centres feel that they are being cheated
In England, according to the first national survey conducted by the HFEA[1], 62% of patients who have used medically assisted reproduction paid more than expected for their treatment. 60% of cycles are privately funded, and 74% of patients in the last two years have...
![Sterilisation, the No. 1 contraceptive in the United States?](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20_attente_20.jpg)
Sterilisation, the No. 1 contraceptive in the United States?
In the US, sterilisation is now the most common "contraceptive" method, even more so than the pill, as revealed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Between 2015 and 2017, almost 2/3 of women of childbearing age used contraception. Over this...
![Portugal: according to the Constitutional Court, none of the validated surrogacy contracts conforms](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/contrat_1.png)
Portugal: according to the Constitutional Court, none of the validated surrogacy contracts conforms
In Portugal, Assembly of the Republic MPs have referred constitutionality issues concerning the law on surrogacy adopted in July 2016 to the Constitutional Court. In its responses on surrogacy, the Court considered that, as defined in Portuguese legislation as...
![Why do assisted suicide requests continue to rise in Switzerland?](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/pixabay_old-age-360714_960_720_2.jpg)
Why do assisted suicide requests continue to rise in Switzerland?
In Switzerland, assisted dying requests have increased significantly in recent years: " 86 cases recorded in 2000, 724 in 2014, 965 in 2015", explains Dr Jacques Aubert, who works in a retirement home. Why is this happening? Jacques Aubert explains that...
![India: total ban on commercial surrogacy approved by the Indian Parliament](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/person-690245_1920-1080x675.jpg)
India: total ban on commercial surrogacy approved by the Indian Parliament
The lower house of the Indian Parliament, Lok Sabha[1], yesterday accepted the Surrogacy Regulation Bill, a 2016 draft bill banning all forms of commercial surrogacy in India (see Surrogacy in India: restrictions onthe agenda). The law, discussed in Lok Sabha since 21...