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![Euthanasia in the Netherlands: Official figures are rising](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/leuchtkasten-1773916_960_720_0.jpg)
Euthanasia in the Netherlands: Official figures are rising
The number of official cases of euthanasia in the Netherlands increased by 10% in 2016 according to regional monitoring boards. Death by euthanasia currently accounts for 4% of the total number of deaths. These figures, which were published on Wednesday, also...
![Japan wants to ban genome editing of gametes and human embryos](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/01_interdit_1-1.jpg)
Japan wants to ban genome editing of gametes and human embryos
In Japan, the Ministry for Health, Employment and Well-Being is planning on banning genome editing in gametes and human embryos. To do this, it has to amend the directives established for clinical research into gene therapy. This announcement was made by Masafumi...
![Conscientious objection : Swedish court sentences midwife](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/justice-2071539_960_720-960x675.jpg)
Conscientious objection : Swedish court sentences midwife
Ellinor Grimmark, a midwife in Sweden, has failed at several attempts to get a job because she refuses to participate in abortions. On Wednesday, the Swedish Court of Appeal confirmed the first judgment stating that this midwife had "not been the victim of...
![USA: The States Can Ban The Public Financing of abortions](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/usa_14.jpg)
USA: The States Can Ban The Public Financing of abortions
American President , Donald Trump, has just enacted "a law repealing a directive of the Obama era" aimed at "protecting" the financing of family planning clinics by public funds. In applying this new law, the States can henceforth ban the transfer of public...
![A Dutch report in favour of creating human embryos for research](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/02_embryon_0-1-1080x675.jpg)
A Dutch report in favour of creating human embryos for research
The Dutch Medical Council recommends that scientists should be authorised to create human embryos for research purposes, which would pave the way for the genetic handling of these embryos using "genome editing" techniques. On Tuesday, the Dutch Medical...
![The Netherlands: directives to facilitate organ donation after euthanasia](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/05_fin_de_vie_def_mort_16.jpg)
The Netherlands: directives to facilitate organ donation after euthanasia
Organ donation following euthanasia is in the pipeline in the Netherlands. Twenty-three cases have been recorded since the decriminalisation of euthanasia in this country in 2012. Although this practice "is still in its infancy",there are calls for a framework to...
![Three parent IVF: a birth, uncertainty but no long-term follow-up](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/30bis_fiv_15.jpg)
Three parent IVF: a birth, uncertainty but no long-term follow-up
In September 2016, Doctor Zhang announced that he had practised "three-parent IVF" in the United States for a Jordanian couple where the wife was the carrier of a mitochondrial disease (seeBirth of the first "three-parent baby": a dangerous and irresponsible...
![A temporary escape route for babies born through surrogacy in Cambodia](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/writing-1149962_640.jpg)
A temporary escape route for babies born through surrogacy in Cambodia
Nine months after the surrogacy ban in Cambodia (see After India and Thailand, it's Cambodia's turn to ban surrogacy), Prime Minister, Hun Sen, has just approved a strategy to authorise a way out of the country for babies born to Cambodian surrogate mothers and...
![Clandestine abortions are increasing in European countries](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/istock-523490574_0.jpg)
Clandestine abortions are increasing in European countries
"More and more Belgian and European women” are purchasing abortion kits on the Internet, according to Family Planning Associations. These kits contain the two medicinal products prescribed for drug-induced abortion, namely mifepristone and misoprostol. This practice...
![Surrogacy in Cambodia: intended parents must prove their genetic link with the child](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/man-2125123_960_720-960x675.png)
Surrogacy in Cambodia: intended parents must prove their genetic link with the child
Yesterday, the Secretary of State for the Cambodian Ministry of the Interior announced more details relating to procedures to be followed by surrogacy parents retained with their child in Cambodia (see A temporary escape route for babies born through surrogacy in...
![Stem cells: scientists announce a major discovery](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/04bis_embryonhu72h_7.jpg)
Stem cells: scientists announce a major discovery
When scientists refer to totipotent or pluripotent stem cells, they mean that, just like an embryo, these cells have the potential to develop into any type of bodily tissue. However, totipotent cells can also develop tissues such as placenta and all extra-embryonic...
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The FDA authorises the direct sale to consumers of the first genetic disease screening test
On Thursday, in the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorised the direct sale to consumers of the first genetic screening tests. Marketed by the company 23andMe, this test assesses a person's genetic predisposition for 10 diseases and disorders....