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Late abortions in the case of rape: India faces increasing demand
In India, a 10 year-old girl over 20' weeks pregnant following repeated rape is requesting an abortion. The AFP reported that the doctors dealing with this case"decided to perform an abortion" . In India, the law authorises abortion up to 20 weeks. Over the last few...
“Artificial ovaries” successfully implanted in mice
American scientists have announced successful 3D ovarian printing in mice. The aim of their research was to assist patients who had suffered from childhood cancer as the treatments used in these cases affect the menstrual cycle and fertility. Their studies have...
United States: Two mothers – one recognised as the “child’s father”
In a county of Tennessee, a homosexual woman divorced from her partner has been granted the same legal rights as a "husband" over a child conceived by donor insemination. The child was born in January 2015 when the two women were married. Only one of the...
Human embryo stem cells and ARMD: the Israeli trial continues
The use of human embryo stem cells in an attempt to treat age-related macular degeneration: scientists at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem embarked on a clinical trial at the end of 2015 (seeAuthorisation for a new clinical trial based on human embryo stem cells). Since...
A gentle warning against intrafamilial collaborative reproduction arrangements
A new document published by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) is encouraging fertility clinics to prepare themselves for a new wave of "intrafamilial reproductive arrangements". The authority has noted that increasingly more people are...
How can we avoid that children born disabled are stigmatised as a ”burden” to their own family?
While the tribunal of Limoges has just recognised the university hospital of Limoges as guilty for having not diagnosed Down Syndrome in a child, Danielle Moyse, philosopher and expert for Gènéthique, questions the legitimate reasons for compensating families who were...
The “One of Us” European citizen initiative heard before the European Court of Justice
With over 1.7 million signatures, the One of Us European Citizen Initiative (ECI) brought together the largest number of signatures in the history of Europe. But in 2014, the European Commission refused to hand in the legislative proposition produced by the ECI to the...
Prenatal testing for Down Syndrome: the French High Authority for Health considers the new test profitable and rushes into approving its reimbursement
Unsurprisingly, the French High Authority for Health (HAS) [1] recommends including non-invasive testing for Down Syndrome in the French testing policy[2] For the occasion the HAS has given it a new barbaric name: “Test ADN libre circulant dans le sang maternel pour...
Down Syndrome: France secretly makes NIPT lawful
Though the report from the French High Authority of Health is yet to be published, a decree from last May 7th has included Non-Invasive prenatal diagnosis in the list of prenatal diagnosis examinations. End of April, a first piece of information comes through:...
Jewellery made from supernumerary embryos obtained after IVF
Sordid. An Australian website, Baby Bee, offers women to make jewellery from their maternal milk, placenta, umbilical cord stem cells, from the ashes of a loved one, but also from supernumerary human embryos obtained from in vitro fertilization (IVF). A new market...
NIPT included in the « tracking strategy of Down Syndrome »
Published in the official journal of May 7th 2017, a decree signed on May 5th 2017 has just included NIPT in the list of authorized prenatal diagnosis tests, just a few days before the end of the presidential mandate. Requiring only a simple blood test, NIPT is a test...
Egg donation trafficking in the United Kingdom
"Egg donation is like blood donation": cameras hidden by the Daily Mail Newspaper show nurses in United Kingdom fertility clinics trying to convince women "to donate their eggs for money". According to the law, egg donation is prohibited but clinics can provide...