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![Transplant Québec in favour of organ donation for patients requesting euthanasia](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/istock-187085702_2.jpg)
Transplant Québec in favour of organ donation for patients requesting euthanasia
"If it coincides with their values, it would be discriminatory not to make this option available to those who have chosen to die," explains Dr. Matthew Weiss, Medical Director of organ donation at Transplant Québec[1]. Since 2015, few organs have been...
![Germany questions appropriateness of reimbursing non-invasive prenatal testing](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/10_dpni_14.jpg)
Germany questions appropriateness of reimbursing non-invasive prenatal testing
In Germany, 75% of pregnant women are over the age of 35. Consequently, Germany also "has the highest rate of high-risk pregnancies (70%)". High-risk women are granted free access to various prenatal tests “available on the market”. Women in the "non-risk" category...
![Romania increases birth rate by offering financial support for IVF](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/30_fiv_6-1080x675.jpg)
Romania increases birth rate by offering financial support for IVF
The Mayor of Bucharest, Gabriela Firea, has promised financial support for women seeking IVF in order to increase the country's birth rate. Her draft bill was adopted on Wednesday. Approximately one thousand women could benefit from 13,800 lei (approximately $3,700)...
![Bishop Jukovic at the UN: No patent on life forms, including human](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/55_onu_16.jpg)
Bishop Jukovic at the UN: No patent on life forms, including human
Monsignor Ivan Jukovic, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, addressed the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) in Geneva on 21 March 2018. He emphasised that the...
![Mississippi Governor signs bill banning abortions after 15 weeks](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/04_ivg_img_68.jpg)
Mississippi Governor signs bill banning abortions after 15 weeks
On Monday, 19 March, Republican Governor, Phil Bryant, signed a bill banning most abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy. The only exceptions to the bill are cases where the foetus has health problems "incompatible with life", or if the life of a...
![Pedestrian dies after being run over by a self-driving vehicle](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/istock-668312520.jpg)
Pedestrian dies after being run over by a self-driving vehicle
On Monday, in the US town of Tempe, near Phoenix, Arizona, a female pedestrian was knocked down by a self-driving Uber. "The vehicle was operating in autonomous mode when the collision happened, with an operator behind the wheel". The woman who "was crossing the road...
![Will paraplegic patients be able to use their legs again?](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/tissus_neuronaux.jpg)
Will paraplegic patients be able to use their legs again?
Scientists at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) (Lausanne Federal Institute of Technology) have highlighted new connections between the brain and spinal cord in paraplegic rats, thus fuelling fresh hope for the treatment of paraplegic individuals who...
![John Franklin Stephens, who has Down syndrome, argues his case before the UN](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/56_istock-157613698_onu_3.jpg)
John Franklin Stephens, who has Down syndrome, argues his case before the UN
"I am a man with Down Syndrome and my life is worth living". American actor and athlete, John Franklin Stephens who has Down syndrome, addressed the UN on 15 March 2018. He spoke during a conference organised jointly by Poland, the Philippines, Argentina,...
![Abortion in Great Britain: could draft bill pave the way to conscientious objection in the medical profession?](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/06_objection_conscience_12.jpg)
Abortion in Great Britain: could draft bill pave the way to conscientious objection in the medical profession?
A draft bill extending conscientious objection rights to all health professionals has been branded "pointless" by pro-abortion campaigners in Great Britain. Advocates of the draft bill, supported by Northern Ireland MP, Nuala O'Loan, have stressed that their...
![Researchers warn about ethical questions related to the use of artificial intelligence in medicine](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/istock-515655152_1.jpg)
Researchers warn about ethical questions related to the use of artificial intelligence in medicine
In a perspective piece published on 15 March in The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine in California warned about the ethical implications of using machine-learning tools in making healthcare decisions, particularly...
![“Is it ethically legitimate to continue hand and face transplants? “](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/istock-167612910.jpg)
“Is it ethically legitimate to continue hand and face transplants? “
"Is it ethically legitimate to continue hand and face transplants? ". Authorised in France which performed world firsts for hand and face transplants in Lyon in 1998 and in Amiens in 2005, respectively, these transplants are still strictly defined. ...
![Medically Assisted Procreation (MAP) – is this the answer when you can’t find a soul mate?](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/01_pma_fiv_39.jpg)
Medically Assisted Procreation (MAP) – is this the answer when you can’t find a soul mate?
The number of women requesting fatherless MAP has increased by 35%. The most recent figures show that 1,272 women were authorised for fertility treatment without a partner in 2016 compared to 942 in 2014[1]. A generation of women is deciding to have a baby "on...